DNR | FILM | DOP Shane Hurlbut on the future on cinema and Need for speed

Various camera formats and mixing and matching is always a debate .... DOP shane hurlbut is a pioneer in this area for pushing digital where is has not got before ... Act of valour is testment to this and now in a in depth break down Shane shares his experiences and findings from shooting 'Need for Speed' on the c500 and the arri alexa ... Before embarking on a film that Hurlbut ultimately knew would require 50 cameras for its shoot, the DOP carried out an extensive camera test. “I’d never heard of anyone doing a camera test as large as we did it,” he says. “I think the budget on it was $250,000 and we tested nine formats.” Those cameras were: Hurlbut documents several of his camera tests for Need for Speed at his blog in a four-part series here and runs through the four main cameras used on the shoot in this article. ARRI Alexa Sony F65 Sony F55 GoPro Hero3 35mm film camera RED EPIC Canon EOS C500 Canon EOS-1D C Blackmagic Cinema Camera The cameras were tested in terms of latitude, day exterior, night exterior, ISO range, sensitivity of the sensor, fill ratio, backlight ability. “We also put them on the racetrack and Willow Springs,” adds Hurlbut. “We wanted to see how the rolling shutter was going to work at speeds of over 150 miles per hour, and how we were going to mount them so we didn’t get the jello rolling shutter effect.” Here are some great trailer breakdowns and camera tests...


 






http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2014/03/need-for-speed-innovation-gear/

http://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2013/10/arri-alexa-vs-canon-c500/