Posted by sonnyboo at dhcp233053.columbus.rr.com on July 09, 2001 at 16:24:36:
In Reply to: What they did with OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? posted by Vincent on July 09, 2001 at 13:31:38:
: : I'm just curious since there is such a big push for the DIGIBETA tranfers & having a 35 print struck from that (ala O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU).
: : - Ross
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: OH BROTHER was not struck from a DigiBeta- it was scanned on a Philips Spirit-Datacine at 2K resolution, color corrected in the digital realm, then recorded back out to film. The highest resolution DigiBeta can support is PAL, not 2K.
: Incidentally, the above is incredibly expensive- I can't see how there'd be a big push for it, aside from special cases like OH BROTHER where they want to digitally manipulate the colors of the ENTIRE film. It's much cheaper to have the original 35mm negative cut (which is how the Askew movies were done- of course, effects shots are scanned and outputted back to film).
: Vincent
The push is due to the desire from directors to manipulate the film in the digital realm. There is so much more digital correction of removing the boom mic, or clearing up a stormy day, and other basic "fixes" or changes that it's becoming common.
If the cost is the difference of spending a few thousand more to reshoot a take or then spend a litle bit less to fix it in post, if it keeps dropping in price, then it will be more cost effective.
They did a lot of 2K transfers in the Cell too, and not all of it was for dream sequences.
- Sonnyboo
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