tellure Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 http://***URL removed***/interviews/4663212665/interview-with-three-time-oscar-winning-cinematographer-emmanuel-lubezki He sure loves dynamic range. Can't say I disagree. Interesting that he feels film still has superior dynamic range.. my impression was that digital had caught up, at least at the highest level. benymypony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Jones Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 12 minutes ago, tellure said: http://***URL removed***/interviews/4663212665/interview-with-three-time-oscar-winning-cinematographer-emmanuel-lubezki He sure loves dynamic range. Can't say I disagree. Interesting that he feels film still has superior dynamic range.. my impression was that digital had caught up, at least at the highest level. He obviously hasn't shot with the URSA mini 4.6K yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax_rox Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Back in the days of film, you would over-expose by a third of a stop or more, and you would still get amazing amounts of latitude, all the while decreasing the amount of grain. I still prefer the colour, look, and dynamic range of film. I sat in a cinema on Wednesday night and watched a whole lot of footage from the new Varicam LT, and just wished it had some sort of film grain, some sort of organic-ness... Instead, as impressive as the footage was - it was just missing... something. It's sad that film hasn't enjoyed a slightly longer life.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellure Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 100+ years isn't long? Seems like a pretty healthy lifespan for any technology that came of age in the 20th century IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax_rox Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 16 minutes ago, tellure said: 100+ years isn't long? Seems like a pretty healthy lifespan for any technology that came of age in the 20th century IMO. Eh, you know what I mean. I guess more accurately: I'm sad that film died as quickly as it did. It's now possible but very difficult to shoot film. Would've been nice if it continued as an equally viable medium to digital at least for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbp Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I know what you mean. It felt like somewhat of an abrupt end, given how revered the image still was/is. Also, interesting how the very thing that we tend to seek through getting the 'film look', he deviated from. He said that film look to romanticized and surreal, where as the clean digital looked more real, and therefore immersed the audience further into the world. Interesting take on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 2 hours ago, dbp said: He said that film look to romanticized and surreal, where as the clean digital looked more real, and therefore immersed the audience further into the world. Interesting take on it. It must fit the narration. However, would you say Birdman or Revenant appeared rather real than surreal? I can only tell for myself. I expect some kind of meaningful stylization. That signals - from the very start - that the whole thing is worth watching. In the first seconds of any film the filmmaker must catch my attention, he has to promise a good show. A good director once said, realism doesn't transcend. And anyway, of all isms it is the most arbitrary one. You need to exclude emotion, mood and passion for something to appear real. Hyperrealism is the right term. By this is meant a heightened sense of reality. You can't keep that through feature-length. Special moments in life (more adrenaline), special moments in films. And all the more stylized. TheRenaissanceMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbp Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Whoops, should clarify that he was referring to The Revenant only with his digital reality look preferences. Not all movies in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odie Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 working with film almost every day on paid jobs...a great sense of art..savings on post...in control of final image = nirvana Mattias Burling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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