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"Zombieland" overcranking?

Craig Ryan

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Was this all shot on the Genesis? How did they do those ultra slow mo shots in the beginning? Was it just a post technique?

I actually thought it looked like film to be honest; kind of surprised me to see that it was shot on the Genesis.
 
genesis can do up to 60 fps. probably shot at full 60 fps, and speed ramped in post. the genesis was designed to mimic as closely to film as panavision could possibly do, went to a seminar about it, pretty neat camera. it's a native 5.6k sensor that down samples to 1080p to HDCAM SR, or a SSD drive module as uncompressed. for every pixel there are 6 photosites, 2 green, 2 blue, 2 red. allowing for full raster 4:4:4 color space for really good grading. they've intercut genesis with 35 mm on many occasions and most people can't tell the difference.
 
All of the highspeed material in Zombieland was shot on the Phantom HD.
 
Mitch Gross said:
All of the highspeed material in Zombieland was shot on the Phantom HD.
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Ha, I was about to say, there is NO way that the intro to Zombieland was shot at 60fps. Looks more like 250 - 500 fps.

Hilarious intro/whole movie btw.
 
Thanks Mitch; that's exactly what I was looking for, and expected. That stuff looked incredible!
 
Yeah. Openning D.C. shot was Arri 35mm & Phantom for the high speed stuff after that. i was the D.C. Zombie in the openning. That was shot on film. Took about 20 takes to get it all in one take.
 
There are really only two digi cams in the world that can do that, The Phantom Gold and the Weisscam. There are some ultra high speed film cameras but they are almost never used anymore because they blow through film at an unbelievable rate and require a spool up period. Love the film btw.

Both cameras are quite good at all frame rates but are almost never used for anything other than high speed. I do not believe that I have seen any footage shot at traditional frame rates with these cameras so it would be interesting to see how they compare to RED.
 
We have a number of clients who shoot with the Phantom HD Gold at standard frame rates because they like the look. Some also like to use the camera for anamorphic photography because the large sensor allows them to use the full image area of the anamorphic glass.

Earlier this season Saturday Night Live shot one of their Digital Shorts on the Phantom HD Gold. They rented on Thursday and the piece aired on, well, Saturday night. Everything in the spot, including the 24fps material, was shot on the Phantom HD Gold. Here's a link:

http://blog.abelcine.com/2009/10/07/snl-shoots-digital-short-on-phantom-hd-gold/
 
Well, that is the first time I have seen Phantom at anything other than "crazy fast". Still, I think the camera will always be a speciality piece of equipment and not an all arounder. It is a hs cam and expensive but the best at what it does.

Thanks Mitch.
 
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