Civil War had a very vivid happy look for its subject matter. Like a family comedy kind of look. I didn’t really understand why Alex Garland decided to go with that palette.

Cheaper is what gets me lmao.

3 years later, I just bought this setup. It's paired with my MD and MC Rokkor lens collection, and I've fallen in love with photography all over again. Is it worth it in 2024, even with multiple updates and mark II's, etc? 100% YES. This video helped me decide on my purchase, thanks!

I know this is two years after the fact, but just for anyone who might run across this: The "No CGI" narrative is just a marketing campaign that nearly everyone bought. Hollywood, as an industry knows that everyone is tired of bad CGI, so they offer a limited selection of Invisible CGI selections to get people who consider themselves purists into theaters. It pays off well. They in fact used a *whole lot* of CGI in Top Gun: Maverick. None of the planes they actually flew were the planes shown in the movie, with the outside of the planes being fully replaced in post with CGI, and one plane in particular was 100% CGI. It's just invisible CGI, not the trashy CGI everyone is accustomed to with Superhero popcorn movies. To see that there was extensive CGI used in Top Gun Maverick, all one has to do is watch the credits and look at the astonishing VFX team scroll across the screen. 400 of the best VFX artists in the business worked on Top Gun: Maverick, and they got essentially zero recognition for their work (2,400 VFX shots!) in the marketing of the movie. In a world hellbent on hating CGI, it must be a particularly low blow to have the best work of your career ignored. I highly recommend The Movie Rabbit Hole's 4-part series called "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI. He practically did an entire episode of the series on Top Gun Maverick. I feel bad for the VFX artists that work on all these NO CGI, HEAVY INVISIBLE CGI movies. "The tough part about being a VFX artist is when you do good work, no one will notice." Hit the like button because you still made a great video, and I agree with the spirit of it! /rant

Dude your Batman recreation video is amazing!!! 🔥

I have to say that the ulanzi will fit on a case or rig and is well presented and the clarity or soft as you mention ion the sign is Mr perfection kicking in and in film, even at the cinema stage who sees that plus your going to watch this on substandard gear, so twice the price or more is Questionable.

"But if you leave the camera rolling.." you sound exactly like Matt Damon when he tells the story of Jack Nicholson on the Departed 😄

that Kirkland doggo sweater was the caboose I waited around for!

For me and the level of production I'm at... THIS is exactly the case. Blackmagic provides me exactly what I need for when I'm having do to most of the work on the indie movies I have shot. At this point I go in assuming I'm bringing Camera, Lighting and Grip. Nothing too big but I'm providing all that and I have very little help. The URSA Mini Pro G2 and now the Pocket 6K Pro combined with the RS3 Pro and LIDAR are an amazing combo. I can go from my tripod to dolly to jib to handheld super quick! Usable screens on both cameras, simple menu system, false color, LUTS, BRAW, build in NDs, EF mount for my photo lenses/vintage lenses, easily swap to PL mount for PL Lenses all these things make them great cameras for me to actually own and not break the bank cause I know I'm going to be using these cameras for majority of the projects I shoot and don't have a crew to help. I would love to shoot ARRI at some point but until then if I'm hired and I don't have a crew, I'm using my BMs

I had to stop watching the film about 1/3 in. The low light was much too frustrating. I couldn’t see what was going on most of the time. I understand that people think that makes it “artsy”, but I saw no point in continuing to watch if I couldn’t tell what was happening. My eyes hurt trying to adjust to the low light for so long.

I heard the cable is usb-C on one end and usb-A on the other, which makes no sense, but is that true? If so do we need to be careful about what kind of converter to use? Thanks for all the info!!

excellent. explains why I hate blockbusters.

see also: LADY IN THE LAKE

Great video and much appreciated. Thank you

I remember this exact conversation happening when Danny Boyle used the XL1 on 28 Days Later and David Lynch used the Sony Z1 on Inland Empire.

Nobody said you need the best of the best to make movies, its just that if you want wide spread viewing over mulitple platforms you need the best of the best, some film festivals demand a certain type of camera, most streaming services have reuirements fro cameras, you cant just pick up and use whatver, but if youre shooting for youtube or vimeo anything goes. just dont expect a major production house studio deal thingy

When will these massive companies catch onto the fact that knowing these details about the shows make us love them more? Why didn’t I know so much of this when I was watching it?

I don't think it's so much that the gear doesn't matter. I think it's more that consumer hardware has gotten so good compared to professional hardware from decades ago, that you don't need modern top of the line equipment for most use cases.

Really loved your thoughts and analysis about this topic!

do i really need a microphone???

Bro you talking about cameras a lot, but why your lamp in the background flickers so much 😭💀

Exactly! If you use it all the time, it loses its effectiveness when really needed, so the film lacks visual dynamic and becomes flat in that regard. People use all sorts of things just because they're "cool", like wide aspect ratio that doesn't benefit that film in any way, and even worse, often it degrades it in many ways. Thanks for all the amazing videos! 🍀

Wow

28 Days Later (2002) & Inland Empire (2006) are other good examples

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This is why I prefer The Batman to the Nolan trilogy. Gotham is a character in and of itself!

Bro, some of your links are not working

Fantastic material about Batman!! Your work also has this atmosphere, good job.

Hardcore Henry is another great example of the right camera for the right film. sounds like an exercise in self-flagellation on all other aspects though

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I wonder if Blue Ruin (2014) even made it's money back? as even though the camera as prosumer, the production budget was $420,000 and the complete revenue made was about $1.3m, there are a lot of fingers on that pie taking a slice in distribution. At least it show what is possible for the price of a small house 😀

NOOOO EVERYTHING MUST BE RIGHT! PANAVISION REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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in 2004 i make a movie using Panasonic DVX100, then afterthat im doing many TVC using almost everry kind of camera, from ARRI SR II, ARRI BL 35 [celluloid] then comes digital world [which is many youtuber suddenly become filmaker] i use canon 5D mark i-ii, red,sony, alexa,BMPCC, Ursa,Lumix, Sigma.. then in 2020 i make movie using Red epic + BMPCC 6K, 2023 i make movie again using SONY FX 6+FX 3. in my opinion.. Canon is good at 5D MK II. after that Canon C 300 is too sharp, is very Video look.. idk, why millenials youtuber like to ddiscus about this Canon C 300. is not a give film look to me..

Blue Ruin looks great. More my style. The Creator also used $80k lenses and still Blue Ruin looks better in my opinion.

Blue Ruin, one of my top 3 favorite movies ever made.

Why did you ask to get Taco Bell if you already got Taco Bell?

"Crazy old like sony like handycam like things..." excuse me while I shrivel up and die. Also, Gareth was NOT shooting on a "handycam". It was the Sony EX3 (part of sonys ENG line of cameras) with a Letus35mm converter. This was our way of getting that cinematic look before the 5D Mark II came on the scene and really changed the game for low budget filmmakers.

Thanks to your shoutout I just watched Blue Ruin which hadn’t been on my radar at all. Really enjoyed it! Good film, very beautifully shot

The sony alpha cult will spread and take over holliwood, and i for one like it

Couldn't pass 35min mark. What a crap movie.

one question . is it shot on normal color profile? i just bought the camera but dont have know if i go for log footage or not

Do you make intros paid for ?:)

One big obstacle that gets in the way of the Apple Vision Pro being a substitute for a trip to the movies: weight. Far more comfortable to watch a movie for 2 hours without something as heavy as the Vision Pro. If there was a way to have the Vision Pro suspended from a ceiling to prevent the need for your body to carry the weight, then it would be closer to being a legit substitute for going to the theater.

beautiful movie, watched in theatres and at home in a pitch black room and it was still so awesome and immersive the second time

People like to obsess about gear because pointing out how Director A used hyper expensive camera Y is a convenient excuse for why they themselves aren't capturing Hollywood level footage.

Location/Production Design/Set Design/Set Decoration over everything else. Lighting is important but you can plan and frame around natural light. You'll blow through a lot of budget trying to fight the sun.

Just bought my iPhone 15 pro max in Korea and man these orbs 😢

Damn, I thought I was the first person to shoot a feature film on the Sony a7iii, I didn't know about the film Come True.

Rest in peace to Harris Savides. Zodiac is probably one of the most underrated movie of the 21st century. I’m also thinking of Brothers (also with Jake Gyllenhaal) and First Man, just to name a few others