Just finished the DI and video HD grade for Beneath Hill 60 with the nice people at Cutting Edge in Sydney, especially the talented colourist Adrian Hauser. The DI was completed on their Baselight Four system at 'Super 2K' resolution - scan super 35mm neg at 4K on the Spirit Datacine, then conform and grade at 2K for filmout. Adrian pulled a few tricks out of his sleeve to make some of the darker scenes look better but overall he says it was not a difficult grade compared to some - basically because we originated on film as opposed to digital, making his job a little easier.
It does look fantastic, as do the impressive VFX shots also done by the Cutting Edge team. Here's hoping plenty of people get a chance to see the movie in cinemas.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
'Dazzling' Review on Dark Horizons for Cane Toads 3D
Cane Toads The Conquest 3D (2010) - review excerpts
“Technically his film is a dazzling achievement, in some ways more so than "Avatar"...A visually masterful film... [The] cinematographers create a visual landscape to tell [the] story of the cane toads, and the vast Australian landscape with all its harsh contradictions is as much a character in this movie as the toads and laconic people we meet.” - Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons
Friday, January 22, 2010
Beneath Hill 60 Trailer launches on Australia Day
From the desk of Bill Leimbach, Producer:
PARAMOUNT are pleased to confirm that the BENEATH HILL 60 trailer will launch exclusively on the Nine Network’s Today Show and on ninemsn on Tuesday, January 26 – Australia Day.
Panasonic goes 3D....
Friday, January 15, 2010
ARRI's new digital cameras mid 2010
The successor to the Arri D-21, the ALEXA, (apparently not it's real name) is a compact new camera with 800+ ASA sensitivity and is now up on Arri's website. Looks very interesting, and will cost from 50K Euros with on-board recording and choice or optical or electronic viewfinder depending on the model, which seemingly puts it within range of higher-end RED Epic territory.
RED Scarlet a just few months away...
Highly anticipated new mini RED, the 3K Scarlet, now in the flesh with Ted from RED showing off a pre-prod mock up camera at Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/09/red-scarlet-and-bomb-evf-surprise-hands-on along with the bomb-evf mini viewfinder. Looks very compact which is great... although this one has the 2/3" chip with the mini prime lens.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Cane Toads - Should they be Gassed?
Interesting recent article in the news about outlawing the use of CO2 gas to kill cane toads - along with many comments from readers. People really get fired up about these toads. A scene featuring the 'humane' gassing of toads by the 'Kimberley Toads Busters' volunteer group is part of 'Cane Toads - The Conquest 3D' film due to be released in 2010.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Rigs used on 'Cane Toads - the Conquest 3D'
Left is the main rig we used with two SI2K cameras in the P+S Technik mirror box with Canon zoom lenses and a separate (non 3D) monitor, shooting at Fogg Dam in the Northern Territory; right is the 300mm side-by-side rig for a long shot of approaching vehicle down a dusty road shot near Kununurra in the Kimberley.
Friday, December 11, 2009
'Cane Toads - The Conquest 3D' to Premiere at Sundance 2010
The comic-doco 'Cane Toads - the Conquest', the first Australian feature film shot entirely in digital 3D has been selected to screen in the Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, the most prestigious festival in the US. Click here for Sundance page.
The shoot was spread over a 4 to 5 month period from late 2008. I was cinematographer on the film for prep period and the Northern Territory block, alongside the other cinematographers Kathryn Millis (QLD block) and Paul Nichola (Studio and VFX shoots and Stereographer).
Written and directed by Mark Lewis, the film is the follow up to his hit 1988 documentary 'Cane Toads - An Unnatural History' and brings the story of the toad up to the present day with it's almost total conquest of Northern Australia, told with trademark quirky humour and presented in stunning 3D.
The film was shot on the Silicon Imaging SI2K digital camera system with a variety of custom made 3D rigs designed by Paul Nichola, to allow 3D shooting in all sorts of situations from macro tadpoles, to close up toads at ground level, to interviews and majestic landscapes.
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