Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem - Shot on Red One

[Mike Quill]

Shot on Red One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y606RoSur8o

Really enjoyed this film, and makes me feel that Zombie is on his way to becoming a great director. The Visuals are beautiful and it really makes the Red One shine. Anyone on this forum work on the film?

Mike

 

[Brandon Alperin]

I worked on it. Great crew all around.

 

[Tim Myers]

Didn't work on the film, but I thought the cinematography was amazing. I wouldn't have believed it was digital had I not already been told. Would love to know how they got such an authentically grainy look, since I feel like most digital films attempting this end up looking pretty phony.

In addition to Zombie, I think Brandon Trost, his frequent DP, is a serious talent to watch.

 

[Freya]

Didn't work on the film, but I thought the cinematography was amazing. I wouldn't have believed it was digital had I not already been told. Would love to know how they got such an authentically grainy look, since I feel like most digital films attempting this end up looking pretty phony.

I'm only watching this in a small window on youtube but didn't see any grain especially! Maybe it doesn't show up on the small screen. Are you sure it isn't just RedCode28 or something tho?!

I think a lot of people who try and use film look style tools on their footage havn't actually seen much film! They always seem to have all the settings turned up to 11 and seem to be using nasty filters that don't look anytihng like hair or dust particles to start with. Maybe people just get carried away in the moment.

I love the cinematography, but I'm not keen on the grade which looks too muted and not contrasty enough for me. It might even be hard for me to sit through a whole movie of that despite the fact there is such nice production design, locations and cinematography.

In addition to Zombie, I think Brandon Trost, his frequent DP, is a serious talent to watch.

Think that might be overegging the pudding as this is their second film working together, but you may be right on "one to watch"!

Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention Mike. Will try and catch it at some point!

Freya

 

[Matt W.]

Heard from a friend of the DP that they rated the camera at high ISOs (I forget, around 2000 maybe) to preserve highlight detail and get grain/noise that was built into the image, rather than superimposing it over in post. DP I talked with had just come off an MX show that put a grain pass on the footage, was at the time doing a show on two Alexas using very old vintage lenses rating them at 1600 ISO to 3200 ISO I believe to get the same kind of look.

 

[Mike P.]

Looks like it was shot on Anamorphics, which certainly helps de-digitalize CMOS cameras. Bumping the ISO up to 1600-2000 is perfectly fine, if your filling the shadows enough (or crushing them down). In any case, it looks good, but not sure about how intrigued I am by the movie itself... Actually, all of Zombie's movies look good visually.