I'm asking because I've heard of films still using film cameras to shoot their movies with digital filmmaking on the rise. Why? I'm just wondering if some filmmakers are resorting to using film cameras in an attempt to cut down on production costs.
Some directors and producers still really love film and dislike digital. Quentin Tarantino even said so himself that he is thinking about retiring from the movie business cause everyone is converting to digital and it's not what he 'signed up for', as he put it. I think if he quits that's being too picky, as even us filmmakers on here, have to live with what we don't want to get a movie made. I mean that's like a dentist quitting his profession just because they use digital X-rays instead film..
I like digital better cause it's cheaper, and a lot more videographers and DPs know how to use it compared to film it seems. If I were already a successful filmmaker then I may try a shot at film for something different.
This film that i really want to make now, it would mean the whole world to me if I could have it filmed on a Panavision Panaflex Platinum and a Millenium XL2, because I love the look of those cameras as well as the beautiful cinematography. Some of the movies I love were shot with Panavision cameras (Four Brothers, Coach Carter, Shadowboxer, Scream 4, Seven Pounds, just to name a few) and i love the picture too.
But those cameras don't have a "look". The film stock, processing, lenses and filtration used all contribute towards the overall visual aesthetic but the camera, all nostalgia aside, is just a mechanised box with a lens mount.
What is it that you like about the look of the Millennium XL2? How does it differ to the Arricam ST?
What those films have in common is not a brand of camera, but skilled cinematographers working with experienced crews and a healthy budget.
There are many compelling reasons - both technical and artistic - to shoot on film, but this is not one.
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Look at that. I like the Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2 and Platinum because when I look at pictures and videos of movie shoots, particularly Hollywood studio films, i used to always be fascinated by the way Hallowood (see what I did there?) would always use Panavision cameras.
To answer your other question i don't have that same fascintion with Arricam cameras, granted a few films i like were shot with them (Fruitvale Station, Law Abiding Citizen, Silver Linings Playbook, and Brooklyn's Finest, but then again that film was shot with Panavision and Arri cameras).
But with all that aside, that's just what i need to do, tell my cinematographer about the look i want and let them take care of the rest.
Quentin Tarantino even said so himself that he is thinking about retiring from the movie business cause everyone is converting to digital and it's not what he 'signed up for', as he put it.