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what model dv cam

posted 13 years ago by zachtheman
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was used to shoot this movie? i would say its one of the early sony ones before they had the 24 or in some cases 30 frames per second option they should of used a canon xl1 if they were out at the time if not then fare enough

its not that this is a awful film its a flawed film with some nice ideas but all the style it trys to create falls flat on its face due to it having that horrible video motion to it

i don't object to the use of whatever camera they used for this film ever being used in films at all but this type of camera would suit a documentary or a game show or a film like visitor Q but in this movie it just looks odd

you will have to forgive the lack of full stops lack of proper spelling im dyslexic but not stupid

[–] jagheterjack00 13 years ago

Based on the behind the scenes footage I've seen, It looked like a Cannon XL1, which is a great camera.
I don't get why they didn't add any film look/film grain plug-inn effects to the DV footage during post-production. It would have made the movie feel a bit more like a real film.

[–] zachtheman 13 years ago

so this was shot on a canon XL1 why didn't it look like 28 days later or is that what dv looks like when blown up on 35mm

you will have to forgive the lack of full stops lack of proper spelling im dyslexic but not stupid