HVX for theatrical films

[Noah Kadner]

https://www.imdb.com/SearchTechnical?CAM:Panasonic%20AG-HVX200

-Noah

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[Rosh Kadri]

thanks for the link noah, weren’t these films for dvd distribution though. which ones were theatrically shown?

thanks

[D. scott Dobbie]

Well, it might not be saying much, but Jackass II was a theatrical release and looked great on a big screen. But keep in mind, this camera only came out just over a year ago. So the lower budget productions, which move faster and don’t have all the prep time that a larger production does, are going to be the first to use it. Have a look at this list 6-9 months from now and the picture may well change.

[Lars Wikstrom]

Just to add a little to this thread. I followed the links and found this film,

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990376/photogallery

It is being released next month and was shot with the HVX and the M2 35mm lens adapter. Not my kind of film but I will go to see what it would look like transfered to 35mm film.

-Lars

[Rosh Kadri]

thanks for the link, and i hope its playing somewhere near here (calgary, canada), i wanna see how it projects on the silver screen.

[Barry Green]

[newbee33] ” i wanna see how it projects on the silver screen.”

Did you see Scorcese’s “The Departed”? If so, you’ve already seen how the HVX200 projects on the silver screen — there was a shot from the HVX that was inserted into the theatrical release of “The Departed”.

“Sarah Landon” was shot in 720p mode with the Redrock M2 adapter. There’s another film coming out sometime called “Childless” (Joe Mantegna, Barbara Hershey) that was shot in 720p mode but without any lens adapter. I don’t know of any theatrical releases yet that were shot in 1080p mode.

[Lars Wikstrom]

It’s funny you should say that because I thought also what would I shoot it in and it would be 720p as well.

Do you think there would be a big difference between 720p and 1080i on the big screen?

-Lars

[Barry Green]

There will be a difference. A “big” difference? Well, the 1080 is going to show around 20% higher resolution, and quite milder compression. I’d go for 1080 if planning for the big screen. 720’s enough, but if you have the storage space available, why not go for the best you can get?

[Barry Green]

I should add — if choosing 1080, always go for 1080/24pA. FCP, EDIUS, and Raylight can all strip out the pulldown and let you work with straight 24P with no interlacing. Don’t use the 1080/24P mode, use 24PA.

If you’re on Avid, you’re kind of hosed. Avid doesn’t support pulldown removal at all from HVX 1080 footage, IINM.

[Lars Wikstrom]

The one reason that I shoot 720p is because of the progressive mode. I think many people might think the way I do that 1080i is an interlaced format and you are shooting frames to interlaced. I would be worried about interlacing compression artifacts even though it is a single frame. Also the nice thing about shooting 720 is the over and under cranking of the footage. I would think I might end up with a product that won’t look as nice as the 720p format.

-Lars