Shot on Video?
Just wondering if this was shot on Video. If so does anyone no what camera it was.
Also if so doesn't dogma rules state that it has to be shot on Academy 35mm?
Thanks
Dave
Yes, the film was shot on digital video, on Canon XL-1 cameras. Also, some ofit was done with miniture "spycams".
The Dogme "Vow of Chastity" states that "the format must be Academy 35mm" or something like that. What this means is that the end result of the finished film must end up on 35mm. It can be shot on any format as long as the finished film is transferred to 35mm. The purpose behind this rule is to ensure that all Dogme films could be shown in normal movie theaters. In actuality, practically every Dogme film has been shot on digital video, including the first ones by the founders of Dogme Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, Festen (The Celebration) and Idioterne (The Idiots). To my knowledge, the only Dogme film not shot on digital video is Mifune, which was shot on 35mm. All the others have been DV. The King Is ALive, Italian for Beginners, etc., were all shot DV. Ultimately, Dogme has become very closely associated with digital video.
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It wasn't shot on an XL-1. If it was, the quality would match that of 28 Days Later, Party Monster, etc. It's shot with cheap Sony DV's, not sure the model, but they definitely aren't expensive, and they're definitely not any higher than a single CCD.
shareIt was shot mostly on XL-1's! Except for some stuff that was done on miniture spy cameras. The ultra-grainy, low-fidelity look (some would say "crappy") comes from the post-production processes they used. First it was transfered to 16mm film, then blown up to 35mm. There might have even been some transfering back to video in between as well, i can't remember. In any case, it was a very expensive process. But had it simply been transfered straight to 35mm it would have looked just as "good" as 28 Days Later, Party Monster, et al., because it was shot on the exact same cameras (by the same cinematograper as 28 Days Later, actually, the incredible Anthony Dod Mantle). The movie looks weird and grainy like that because that's how the director, Harmony Korine, wanted it to.
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It was shot on a number of cameras giving varying image quality, they even used spy cameras. The reason it was transferred to 16mm afterwards was because the image was very inconsistant, it was neccessary.
shareI'm certain that it had to be transferred to Classic 35mm film stock in accordance of the rules of the Dogme 95 organization. And, on the Julien-Donkey boy DVD featurette, it shows the cinematographer and camera men using different Sony DV camcorders, not XL-1's. I think the poster was correct in saying that the grainy visual style of the film was used because of the inconsistency in lighting and quality between the cameras used, but also due to the rule of transferring it to Classic 35mm film stock in order to recieve the Dogme 95 certificate.
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