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How was this shot?

posted 14 years ago by Shefhammer
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Anyone know how this was shot? 5 minutes in and I couldn't bear it - I figured it was some sort of handheld digital cam but I know basically nothing about how films are shot so was wondering if anyone else knew. I didn't notice it too much later on though so I guess I just got used to it. Pretty ropey cinematography though. Overlit, underlit etc...

FTR I liked the film - won me over after about half an hour. 7/10

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[–] DogtownGirl 14 years ago

I was wondering the EXACT same thing! I kept asking the projectionist to FOCUS that damn film. He did as best he could. The film still looked fuzzily shot, to me.

NOTE: When you know all the theaters' projectionists, that helps. Be-lieve me. They know to have films watched over and baby-sat when they see me, at the cinema. I have a thing for volumes being turned up loudly enough, as well. But, focus (especially of subtitles, if they can be sharply focused without sacrificing the focus of the print itself) is KEY.

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[–] imsosmrt123 13 years ago

It definitely wasn't your projectionists. I just watched the DVD, and the film looks like it could've easily been shot on DV tape.

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[–] DogtownGirl 13 years ago

imsosmrt123,

Interesting to read of your experience, too.
I wish some folks would pay more attention to focusing when they shoot stuff.
Prints that come out poorly in focus really can be most distracting to watch, I'm telling you and it's not as if the actresses were so old that they needed to be shot more "warmly", kindly (if you will).
Fuzzy focus = fuzzy maths to me.

The more Ken Loach films I see, the more I think they need English subtitles.

[–] Breakout_Hitter 13 years ago

Are you aware that they dim the picture to make the bulbs last longer? That really wrecks the film too... Get them to turn the brightness up while you're at it... you'll see the film come to life.

[–] killerparties 13 years ago

According to the IMDb tech specs, it was shot on 16mm film.

"With all that in front of them, they looked up.

[–] Hermoine 13 years ago

Yes 16mm, then blown up to 35mm for cinema.

[–] DogtownGirl 13 years ago

Hermoine,

Yes 16mm, then blown up to 35mm for cinema.

Hence, the fuzziness, then .... no? I couldn't believe how damn blurry this film was, for me, at least. And, the projectionists tried their darndest to rectify the softer-focus, as well!

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