Boyd Ostroff
September 22nd, 2024, 10:17 AM
This reminded me of old threads here discussing the film "28 Days Later", which was a major film shot on the XL-1
"The original 28 Days Later movie was largely shot in 480p standard definition with a Canon XL-1 – a consumer-grade camcorder that wrote data to MiniDV tapes. This was partly due to the need to film complex scenes depicting an abandoned central London under very limited time constraints, where bulky traditional film cameras would have taken too long to set up. The unique shot-on-digital aesthetic subsequently became an iconic part of the movie, so the use of iPhones to shoot the latest addition to the series seems to pay homage to the original film's use of camcorders."
I thought that was pretty cool back then and was excited to see the film in the theatre. When I did, I was very disappointed. The whole thing gave me a headache, it looked really bad on the big screen. There were a couple other XL-1 movies back then... I think one was called "full frontal" and I didn't like that either. Of course, resolution was a major problem back then.
No plans to see this new film. I don't quite get why someone would want to shoot a $75 million dollar movie on a $1500 phone, but this might be a hint, they "...apparently received technical assistance directly from Apple". ;-)
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/21/first-blockbuster-movie-shot-on-iphone/
"The original 28 Days Later movie was largely shot in 480p standard definition with a Canon XL-1 – a consumer-grade camcorder that wrote data to MiniDV tapes. This was partly due to the need to film complex scenes depicting an abandoned central London under very limited time constraints, where bulky traditional film cameras would have taken too long to set up. The unique shot-on-digital aesthetic subsequently became an iconic part of the movie, so the use of iPhones to shoot the latest addition to the series seems to pay homage to the original film's use of camcorders."
I thought that was pretty cool back then and was excited to see the film in the theatre. When I did, I was very disappointed. The whole thing gave me a headache, it looked really bad on the big screen. There were a couple other XL-1 movies back then... I think one was called "full frontal" and I didn't like that either. Of course, resolution was a major problem back then.
No plans to see this new film. I don't quite get why someone would want to shoot a $75 million dollar movie on a $1500 phone, but this might be a hint, they "...apparently received technical assistance directly from Apple". ;-)
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/21/first-blockbuster-movie-shot-on-iphone/