[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJfTfsXFbLk[/youtube] The Revenant is an obvious candidate for one of the most cinematographically poetic films of the past year. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu had a documentary crew following him from the start of principal photography in October 2014, following a gruelling shoot, 20th Century Fox have uploaded the entire 45 minute documentary to YouTube. Watch it above and have your say on the EOSHD Forum.
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy07XV8rEQw[/youtube] Whilst movies are a form of escapism in the sense that they’re warm and comforting, some try to use that escapism to bring us pain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niVBWxmawws Of the Oscar nominated films this year I’ve rounded up the best picture and cinematography nominees and dived into the technical department.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGg2N32Z-co[/youtube] For his upcoming snowy western Tarantino unearthed special cameras and 1.25x anamorphic lenses at Panavision which hadn’t seen the light of day since 1965. The film was shot on 65mm film and will get a ‘Roadshow’ release on Christmas day in amazing 70mm.
With three Alexa sensors stitched seamlessly together, 65mm film moves into the digital era and with it Arri into the 4K & 6K market.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/95887745[/vimeo] The digital Forbes 70 is based on a heavily modified Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera using 65mm ground glass for the IMAX 70mm look to medium format lenses. Recording in Cinema DNG raw the camera delivers an utterly spellbinding image but is currently only at the prototype stage with just two in existence.