Shane Betts
Well-known member
Hi all
Just saw Barney's Version at the weekend and, aside from hugging the absolute beejeebers out of my wife for two days (very affecting movie), it got me thinking about image degradation. It seems to have been shot on fairly fast stock. It's fairly grainy and grungy and it works so well for the material.
When I bought my first Nikon D200, I flirted briefly with film "looks" and eventually decided to leave it as-is. It's not film, don't try to make it look like film. So, when you see something like Barney's Version or The Black Swan and compare it to the Epic footage we're beginning to see, it begs the question, do you or don't you screw with the image to grunge it up for certain projects. I know the likes of David Mullen would say, and quite correctly, that you should just shoot the project on the appropriate tool. If you want that look, hire a 16SR. But, for Red owners who want to make the most from our investment, what do we do?
Just trying to gauge what others feel about this.
Just saw Barney's Version at the weekend and, aside from hugging the absolute beejeebers out of my wife for two days (very affecting movie), it got me thinking about image degradation. It seems to have been shot on fairly fast stock. It's fairly grainy and grungy and it works so well for the material.
When I bought my first Nikon D200, I flirted briefly with film "looks" and eventually decided to leave it as-is. It's not film, don't try to make it look like film. So, when you see something like Barney's Version or The Black Swan and compare it to the Epic footage we're beginning to see, it begs the question, do you or don't you screw with the image to grunge it up for certain projects. I know the likes of David Mullen would say, and quite correctly, that you should just shoot the project on the appropriate tool. If you want that look, hire a 16SR. But, for Red owners who want to make the most from our investment, what do we do?
Just trying to gauge what others feel about this.
