The Hobbit
#1227
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Re: The Hobbit
While I guess digital cameras don't have a gate to check in a traditional sense, they probably still use the term for it's intention which is to check the lens area of the camera for hair, schmutz and other issues that may ruin the previous take and affect upcoming shots.
#1228
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: The Hobbit
I love these videos. I don't quite know what it is...I would never dream of wasting even 10 minutes of my life to watch a video blog of the making of any other movie, but for some reason I'm just fascinated by how these movies get made. Maybe it's because all the movies just seem so big and complicated. I just can't imagine how these movies ever get completed.
#1232
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The Hobbit
There's not anything I'm seeing at this point that I don't like so far, but I am worried about telling one dwarf from another. Even with that picture posted above I can tell that there will be at least a couple I will have trouble identifying in a crowd.
#1233
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#1237
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Hobbit
http://camerarentalz.com/3d-red-epic-rental/
http://www.red.com/press/3d-camera-r...nt-make-before
I haven't watched the video yet. Does he state they're using 48 cameras total (24 rigs of 2 cameras each), or 48 camera rigs (which would be 96 cameras total)?
#1238
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Hobbit
To be more specific, The Hobbit is being shot in 3D, which requires camera rigs of two cameras each. So it's closer to $116,000 for each rig.
http://camerarentalz.com/3d-red-epic-rental/
http://www.red.com/press/3d-camera-r...nt-make-before
I haven't watched the video yet. Does he state they're using 48 cameras total (24 rigs of 2 cameras each), or 48 camera rigs (which would be 96 cameras total)?
http://camerarentalz.com/3d-red-epic-rental/
http://www.red.com/press/3d-camera-r...nt-make-before
I haven't watched the video yet. Does he state they're using 48 cameras total (24 rigs of 2 cameras each), or 48 camera rigs (which would be 96 cameras total)?
#1239
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Hobbit
I was pleased to hear that the filming resolution is 5K. Good to know they're giving themselves enough resolution to play with in post. (For comparison, the digital filming of SW eps 2 and 3 was only at 1080).
#1241
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Hobbit
OK, watched the video. At about 3:55, they say they have 48 cameras in 17 3D rigs. That leaves 12 cameras unaccounted for, perhaps they're backups.
As for the rigs themselves, Aside from the extra wide "lens" used for the mirroring system, they don't look too bad.
To be fair, SW eps 2 and 3 were shot before there were any digital 4K cameras on the market. The precursor to the Epic, the Red One, didn't come out until 2007. Even Avatar was shot using 2K cameras in a 3D rig (some of them the same camera as used in Episode 3).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dig...ompany#Red_One
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_Camera_System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CineAlta
As for the rigs themselves, Aside from the extra wide "lens" used for the mirroring system, they don't look too bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dig...ompany#Red_One
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_Camera_System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CineAlta
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#1245
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Hobbit
Seeing Gandalf the Grey in action on the set just gave me goosebumps... and the mirkwood scenes... this is the kind of thing that reminds me why I love films.
Last edited by Artman; 11-06-11 at 01:39 AM.
#1246
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The Hobbit
#1248
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Re: The Hobbit
I really hope Warner's releases this in 4K 'Sony' LCoS and 4K DLP since it's the closest we will get to see high resolution that the camera caught.
Secondly since the initial trilogy were released in Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES 6.1 sound, I hope Jackson can persuade Warner's to release the film in 7.1 surround sound - a sound format the studio has yet to release a film in as such.
#1249
DVD Talk Hero
Re: The Hobbit
Heads up. Heard the trailer will be coming out later tonight or tomorrow.