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New Trailer for Arrested Development Season 4 Shot on RED Epic

best show ever!
 
Counting down the days! ...I do think that trailer looks different than the older seasons - aside from the sharpness. DVCPRO to R3D can be a drastic jump. I almost wish it was still Varicam for nostalgia!
 
Michael Romano said:
Counting down the days! ...I do think that trailer looks different than the older seasons - aside from the sharpness. DVCPRO to R3D can be a drastic jump. I almost wish it was still Varicam for nostalgia!
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I expect that you're complaining about Michael's hair being shorter as well? ;)
 
I believe they actually shot the first three seasons mostly with the Sony Cinealta. After watching and loving the new season, you could tell that it was shot with better cameras than the older seasons, especially during the night scenes or in scenes where there was a lot of movement, but they did a good job keeping the look and style as similar to the original seasons. It was great. Like visiting an old friend who really knew how to make you laugh.
 
That's what I thought as well, but if you watch some of the behind the scenes footage on the 3rd Season DVD, they are using Cinealtas to film. On imdb, it does state the Varicam though, so maybe they used both at different times.
 
http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dcp/news/varicam-goes-primetime/43907

Sounds like the first season was exclusively the Varicam, but maybe they brought in other cams for seasons 2 and 3.

I can't say that I LOVED the look of Season 4, but I understand that they were trying not to make a jarring transition from Seasons 3 to 4 in terms of looks. Afterall it couldn't go from that documentary style to House of Cards if the intention was to make it feel like a natural continuation of the series.
 
There are subtle differences in the video quality in some of the scenes from the first three seasons, and I believe they did shoot with multiple cams quite a few times. I agree, they couldn't have gone to a more cinematic epic look for the new season. The picture quality looks better overall, but they did a great job staying as loyal to the older seasons with look and style. I, along with most of the other die-hard fans, I'm sure appreciated that. Most of the people who have complained about the 4th season typically say, "I only saw the first couple of episodes" but the genius of this season can only be realized if you watch the entire season and how all of the pieces of the comedic puzzle fit together. I loved it.
 
the first 3 seasons were varicams and the new seasons are the epic. they never shot with cinealtas... the office was shot on cinealtas (f900 and 950)
 
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