Shot on Panavision Millennium Outlaw King (Nov 9, 2018). A Netflix Originalal

[Neil Abeynayake]

Outlaw King (Released on Nov 9th, 2018). A Netflix Original

Directed: David Mackenzie

Director of Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd

Genre: Action , Biography , Drama

Based on the Untold True Story. A true David v Goliath tale of how the great 14th Century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert The Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat and repel the much larger and better equipped occupying English army.


Technical Specifications

Runtime: 2 hr 1 min (121 min)
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Camera: Panavision Millennium DXL
Negative Format: DXL RAW (8K) (they forgot to say it is RED R3D format eh?)
Cinematographic Process: DXL RAW (8K) (source format)
Digital Intermediate: (4K) (master format)


Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6679794/

Shot on Panavision Millennium DXL


Panavision Technical Specifications

Sensor Type:
16-bit, 35.4 Megapixel CMOS - DXL2
16-bit, 35.5 Megapixel CMOS - DXL

Resolution:
8192 x 4320

Sensor Size:
Large Format: 40.96mm x 21.60mm (Diagonal: 46.31mm)

Dynamic Range:
16 Stops - DXL2
15 Stops - DXL

Max Frame Rate: 60 fps at 8K Full Frame (8192 x 4320), 75 fps at 8K 2.4:1 (8192 x 3456)
Recording Codec: 8K RAW with simultaneous 4K proxy (ProRes or DNx)
Recording Media: SSD (up to 1 hour on a single magazine)
File Type: .R3D (supported in RED SDK)
Color Profile: Light Iron Color 2 (compatible with all popular gamuts and transfer curves)
Weight: 10 lbs.

 

[Neil Abeynayake]

Apologize for the typo on the title line. Mods, please fix the error/s.

Thank you.

 

[rand thompson]

Neil,

This Looks Epic!!

 

[Neil Abeynayake]

Thanks Rand. DP of the feature Barry Ackroyd did a good job on cinematography.

When I was very young, my parents used to live in London. They had a bunch of friends in Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow. We did visit them every other year or so. I've visited a few of those castles shown in this movie.

Supposedly the director cut 21 minutes out of the original screening after receiving mediocre reviews from critics. The budget for this movie was $120,000,000.00. I think producers should have made this as an episodic series.

 

[rand thompson]

21 minutes, I guess that's not alot when you consider that its done so often for films to get certain MPAA ratings, a PG from an R or an R from a NC-17. Hopefully those 21 minutes didn't take away from the overall quality or plot of the story.

 

[Neil Abeynayake]

21 minutes, I guess that's not alot when you consider that its done so often for films to get certain MPAA ratings, a PG from an R or an R from a NC-17. Hopefully those 21 minutes didn't take away from the overall quality or plot of the story.

Well, there is this character "Queen Margaret of England" in the IMDB credit list. What happened to her? I did not see her appear in any scene. Seems like the director took her out of the movie. Who knows what else.

To me this whole thing looked like they kinda rushed towards the end. I was expecting more of a closure I guess.

Here are some BTS clips and reviews on YouTube:


Outlaw King B-roll Behind the Scenes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnLHalYMNw




Reviews:

Outlaw King Interview: Director David Mackenzie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33G-SSriZY



(Why can't English people talk without stammering? The director seems to fumble on words as if he is trying to find words or group to gather his thoughts perhaps).

Outlaw King Director Talks About Nudity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPraqxvXEfA


Outlaw King's Brutal, Realistic Medieval Battles (Nerdist News Edition)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB_JkQTLwng



Outlaw King: Battles and Background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIfn1-10oeI



Outlaw King: The Historic Hype is Real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc_IMNsSDyo

 

[rand thompson]

It was an interesting Idea to offer some of the deleted scenes on Netflix with a push of a button. I always liked those dvds or blue-rays that offered BTS footage. He said the "First assembly" was like 4 hours. I image this was just to put everything together and then trimming it down to a more free flowing cohesive film. With all of the Attention given to DJI'S Ronin, you kind of almost forget about how extensive Steadycams are still very much used in High-End Cinematography. The Steadycam operator in the "Behind the Scenes" video looks like he had a real hand full with the Panavision Millennium DXL.

 

[rand thompson]

Neil,

here is an interview with Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

OUTLAW KING interviews - Chris Pine and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

 

[Phil Holland]

Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-G1BME8FKw

Seems to also be some smaller cameras in there, perhaps vanilla non-DXL Monstro or Dragon 8K VVs. I think this was filmed before DXL-M was announced.

 

[rand thompson]

Yeah, Maybe Monstro

 

[Ryan Farnes]

Did anyone else feel like most if not all low light scenes looked excessively noisy?

The day lit scenes looked gorgeous, but as soon as a night scene appeared with low light there was more noise than I have seen in any modern production in years.

 

[rand thompson]

 

[Daniel Dïaz]

Did anyone else feel like most if not all low light scenes looked excessively noisy?

The day lit scenes looked gorgeous, but as soon as a night scene appeared with low light there was more noise than I have seen in any modern production in years.

Yes, I feel the same.

 

[David Peterson]

The 9 minute long steadicam sequence at the start is impressive, with a fight scene too!

Lots of VFX went into it:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a24890302/outlaw-king-movie-effects/

 

[Michel Hafner]

And not released on disc. Disturbing trend I hate. If they want my money and attention they have to go beyond streaming.