The stocks remind me a bit of the look of the old 5247 stock, or maybe the first Kodak EXR stocks. I only saw the results in an HD video transfer but I was impressed by how deep the blacks were. I actually shot these two Vivid stocks on Memorial Day, before I tested them, when I was flown out to Texas to shoot a rodeo event in Utopia, in order to capture crowds for the film. It seems to get the printer lights I normally like to get, I'm going to have to overexpose the Fuji stocks a bit the odd printer light numbers are probably the result of Fuji (and Kodak) changing their color mask density recently to make their stocks better suited for scanning (less noise) - you mainly notice that the blue printer light values are very low. When I projected the test, I had to readjust my eyes to seeing printed 35mm again, after looking at clean HD monitor images for the past two years. I'm also leaning towards using Schneider diffusion, a 1/8 Black Frost for the wider shots, then perhaps a 1/4 Black Frost or a 1/4 Classic Black for close shots. I may consider getting something a bit lower in contrast, like Eterna 250D, for any scenes that we might shoot in the deep woods if there is a lot of contrast. I'm probably going to go with the Vivid 160T for the day exterior work, Vivid 500T for interiors and night work. The Vivid 500T is a close match to the Vivid 160T. Truth is that all the stocks were rather similar grain-wise, the F-64D just being a hair finer-grained but also a bit softer in detail, the Vivid 160T having a crisper look.
I projected the test at FotoKem, and they also scanned a couple of frames for me so I could look at them on my computer. My main interest was in seeing whether I'd prefer the finer-grained look of F-64D, but with the older grain structure, to the Vivid 160T, which does have a crisp look with a visible grain structure.
I also tested some various mild diffusion filters to try out. Last week I shot a quick test comparing Fuji F-64D to Vivid 160T, as well as a separate Vivid 500T test. For now, I can best describe the intended look as being lifted slightly towards "magic realism". However, the notion of shooting something with a Kodachrome look (like the look that Shane Hurlbut gave "The Greatest Game Ever Played") was appealing. This seems like a good project to try out the new Vivid 500T stock along with the Vivid 160T stock, though you may think that a lower contrast stock would be better-suited for harsh daylight. The producer had a good experience with Fuji on a previous project and asked me to consider it, which was fine with me. We picked 3-perf and I convinced the director to shoot this in the 2.40 aspect ratio, which I think is well-suited for the Hill Country landscape. Seems like a smart choice considering all the harsh day exterior work we have to do, and all the moving around. I haven't shot 35mm since "Jennifer's Body" two and a half years ago. When I got the call about the job, I was told that they were going to shoot in 35mm, which was nice to hear. The production sound mixer is Matt Nicolay, who does the Polish Brothers movies and also did "Akeelah and the Bee", we've probably done seven or eight features together. Due to the tax breaks and whatnot in Texas, I have to hire most of the crew locally, but I'll probably have my key grip out there, Brad Heiner, and maybe one or two others.
#Seven days in utopia full movie movie#
Turns out that I've worked with the AD before, Joe McDougall, on "Infested", a small F900 horror movie I did in Long Island, NY back in 2001. The director/screenwriter is a young man named Matt Russell, who comes from a visual efx background. Shooting golf is a challenge due to all the open ground you have to cover, and the lack of shade. Schedule will be pretty tight considering we have some major golfing sequences to shoot, and it's going to be very hot out there. We are shooting in Utopia, TX and also in Fredericksburg, TX. and ends up in this small town for a week and finds a mentor.
#Seven days in utopia full movie pro#
This is a fictionalized account about a young pro golfer has has a career setback and is looking for some direction, salvation, enlightenment. It's based on a Christian-themed inspirational book about life lessons from golf learned on a real golf course in a remote area of the Hill Country in Texas, in a small town called Utopia. I'm leaving town on Monday to begin prep on an indie feature called (for the moment) "Seven Days in Utopia".
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