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December 14, 2005
Technical Bob: shooting Altman's Companion
The Reporter's Sheigh Crabtree reports on 80-year-old Robert Altman's foray into high-def video: "Altman wanted to be able to record for at least 30 minutes consecutively without reloading as some scenes in the film are as long as 23 minutes. The HD cameras also came in handy because some of the interior settings had low lighting levels.
"Ryan Sheridan, the production's HD engineer, says the crew employed lots of long, fluid shots. "It was the perfect mix of live-performance camerawork and dramatic theatrical cinematography... (We were) able to capture everything from extreme close-ups to extreme wide shots with two lenses, and sometimes with just one."
Posted by pride at December 14, 2005 11:36 AM
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