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What Camera was used?

posted 17 years ago by SilentNight29
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Does anyone have any idea on the budget of this movie as well as what camera(s) were used? If this is another minidv $10,000 cheapy then no thanks, I'll pass. I have seen far too many "ambitious" independent direct to DVD flicks that were attrocious lately. A few examples:

Machined
Hoboken hollow
Detour
Barricade
Murder Game
anything from Asylum Pictures
almost anything from Sub Rosa

the list goes on and on. Any more as soon as I see dv footage I turn it off. And no, I'm not a fan of the August undergrounds but they strive to be something different than that other crap that is churned out on a weekly basis

a few of the sole exclusions to this minidv trend is ILS, 28 Days Later and Blair Witch Project

[–] angrymidget19 17 years ago

This does NOT look like it was only filmed on approximately 10,000, it looks very good. The camerawork is great, as far as I know, it was NOT just a hand held camera (I very much doubt it was). Redsin Tower looks a lot better than one would expect looking at the budget, trust me.

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[–] SilentNight29 17 years ago

so does anyone know if this was filmed with 35 MM cameras or possibly even 16 MM? Just curious.

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[–] cleantones 16 years ago

I don't know if I agree at all with you AngryMidget19. I watched it last night and it looked like it was shot with a $3000 cheapy. It may have been the lighting but a load of shots were very poorly done. I thought the camera work was one of the weakest points honestly. The acting was worse though. For the most part I liked the movie and would recommend people checking it out. It left a lot to be desired. However I would like to think that if there were millions of dollars to spend on a proper cast and crew it might have been pretty good.

[–] Morbid69 16 years ago

I agree with Cleantones, while I enjoyed the movie and am glad I bought it, it looked like it was shot on a MiniDV camera. All the dark shots (and being a horror film there were plenty!) looked "MiniDV grainy". Also, if you saw the raw footage (say, in that Special Effects segment on the Special Features portion) that looks MiniDV too.

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[–] SilentNight29 16 years ago

well, that sucks. The August Underground movies can get away with that but IMO it has to be REALLY good for a miniDV flick to be worth watching like the excellent ILS (Them)or 28 Days Later which was used with the Canon XL1.

[–] Morbid69 16 years ago

It starts off a little slow, but after a while it really gets interesting! I'd deffinately recommend checking it out.

-Blake S.

"BRAINS! Live brains!"- The Tarman

[–] plotdigger 16 years ago

I think they used the Panasonic DVX-100A, it shoots an awesome 24p mode and you can light it to look like film. "Redsin Tower" is very well made and I give the Toetag crew a big thumbs-up for kicking ass and taking names!! Keep up the awesome work guys!

RY

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[–] sktborder826 15 years ago

there was one half decent asylum movie i saw at a rental house in nc one year, and it had a c list star in it to, i was impressed!

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