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Query

posted 15 years ago by lordofthething
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I have posted this query on "Need to know" board as well but didn't get any reply. So hope, if this board is active enough, to get a reply.

Quoting my query:

I'm not sure how much of this post would make sense, but wanted to ask this for a long time now.

I saw 2 horror movies a while ago. Slaughter & The Nightmare Man.

For people who have seen these 2 movies, this question if for you guys. I have observed in both these movies that they sport a very fluid frame rate (not sure if it's the correct terms I'm using). Meaning the it doesn't look like a normal motion picture on DVD, but rather like an ongoing TV show. The filming seems to be done in a very weird way. I have often found this type of tone used in B-Grade horror flicks pretty often.

Can anyone tell me why do they have this look or what is it called?

Sorry for the vague description, but hope someone understands my query.

[–] rolfe-1 15 years ago

NIGHTMARE MAN and I believe, SLAUGHTER were shot on HD. Both films were then blown up to 35mm for the theatrical run. Probably when they were re-transferred to DVD, that effect occurred. But basically, the reason that they don't look like film is that they were not shot on film.

[–] lordofthething 15 years ago

Sorry to say, but I didn't quite understand your explanation. Could you broaden it a bit, may be? I asked this mainly because it had that "shot-with-handy-cam" kind of look.

[–] rolfe-1 15 years ago

HD means "High Definition" video. NIGHTMARE MAN was shot using the Panasonic Vericam which is a professional digital camera. But video is video and that is why it has the "shot-with-handy-cam" kind of look. When you take video, blow it up to film and then dump it back down on to video that look can happen. But every day the HD world gets better and better. There are new cameras like the RED that are getting closer and closer to film. My perference is still to shoot on film but for very low budget productions that is no longer an option.

[–] lordofthething 15 years ago

Thanks for the explanation. I know what high definition is though.

Also when you say "blow it up to film", what exactly do you mean?

[–] rolfe-1 15 years ago

"Blow it up" means to transfer the image from video to film stock. Like taking something that was shot to be on television and putting it in theaters on the big screen ("Blowing up the image" to project in the theaters.)

[–] lordofthething 15 years ago

Gotcha. Thanks a lot mate.

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[–] rolfe-1 15 years ago

Because the filmmaker has no talent? Did I get the answer right? Did I get it right?!