OT: Dust to Glory

farss wrote on 2/25/2005, 5:34 PM
Read the story on how it was shot last night (ASC Magazine), what an effort!
The part I found amusing was how they decided to use whatever camera would do the job or would fit or they could afford to write off. No format snobbery there and no doubt it'll show in the final print. Used everything from Hi8 to F900 HDCAM, 16mm and 35mm. All edited in PP HD using CF DI. I hadn't thought if using the CF DI that way, interesting, so with that we can convert anything we have a codec for to a 1080 DI and edit in Vegas, hmm.

Bubblevision would no doubt enjoy the other story of how they shot Aliens of the Deep, dual F900s with special optics etc for 3D IMAX delivery, shooting through 4 inches of plexiglass added many issues for them to deal with.

Interesting story also about a 16mm camera the US military built for their cameramen to use in the latter part of WWII. Camera was fitted with a rifle stock and painted in camo colours. Only problem was from a distance it looked way too much like a machine gun. They scrapped it after they lost too many cameramen to 'friendly fire'.
Bob.

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Spot|DSE wrote on 2/25/2005, 8:17 PM
I'm very much interested in seeing "Dust to Glory" after reading the Cineform story, and hearing the editors speak at Sundance Film Festival. It is a monument to budget production, IMO. I've not seen the ASC magazine, but Cineform has their part of the story, as to how they printed the 35mm straight from the timeline. Impressive stuff indeed!
RexA wrote on 2/25/2005, 8:23 PM
Sorry guys, I haven't heard of it.

What is "Dust to Glory"?
Spot|DSE wrote on 2/25/2005, 8:30 PM
It's a major motion picture release that was done in Adobe Premiere, using the Cineform Aspect HD codec, and printed to 35mm tape. It's been released to over 800 theatres in the US.
http://www.postmagazine.com/post/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=143492&&pageID=1 for a nice story on how it was all accomplished. The only real difference between what they did for the editing and what Vegas can do, is that Adobe Premiere has access to hardware like the Xena card. Otherwise, the exact same flow, and potentially better flow due to Vegas color correction options, could have been accomplished in Vegas.
It's important to note that Adobe spent a lot of $$ helping to make a lot of this happen when you consider what it took to use a desktop app to get film out.
busterkeaton wrote on 2/25/2005, 10:30 PM
That's way cool. The post article is a really good read.

Dust to Glory is a documentary about the 1000 Baja motorcycle race made by the same director who made the Step Into Liquid surf documentary. I'm intriguied, Step into Liquid looks great on DVD, we'll see how this looks.
farss wrote on 2/25/2005, 11:00 PM
You can download the trailer in WMV 720p from uStuff.
Bob.
RexA wrote on 2/25/2005, 11:17 PM
It does sound good. I'll have to watch for it locally.

Thanks, Spot, for the info.
Jay Gladwell wrote on 2/26/2005, 5:36 AM

See trailer here.
farss wrote on 2/26/2005, 5:45 AM
The one I've posted below gives it to you in WMV 720p:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx

Seems odd that Apple would be promoting it when it was done in PP HD, and I don't think Adobe support Premiere on the Mac platform anymore.
Bob.
scdragracing wrote on 2/26/2005, 9:58 AM
apple has always tried to keep a liplock on movie trailers, to promote their qt stuff.

i know people that saw the sneak preview for dust to glory at a movie theatre, no complaints about the quality... i think that you have a certain amount of latitude with the audience when trying to put stuff like onboard camera footage up on a movie screen.

that hi-rez trailer is killer, i love the onboard shot of the buggy going under the bridge and weaving thru a bunch of people lined up like bowling pins just waiting to get knocked down.