beavertrilogy
Re:The cameras and lenses used on the latest Oscar nominated films
on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:10PM (#29927636)
"Tangerine" got pretty close. Made it to Sundance and that was in 2014/2015 with an iPhone 5S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(film)
The threat to the industry definitely appears to be the bigger hurdle, but don't discount workflow. Offloading from an iPhone is non-trivial, especially when all big-budget movies employ at least one DIT (if not an entire team) to manage this process.
Re:Dusty Hill has died
on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @07:50PM (#27991189)
Don't forget their appearance in King of the Hill either.
Re:Citing a serious flight test incident, FAA slows Boeing 777X certif...
on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:58PM (#27653673)
> Within the FAA, the person said, “there’s a general feeling that Boeing has kind of lost a step,” referring to the slide away from a historic reputation for engineering prowess.
Unfortunately this hits at the development of a culture of complacency.
Re:Bonneville can be a tough place (2008)
on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:16PM (#23908095)
I was on a commercial film shoot a few years ago for a production company from the east coast (New York area, I believe). They wanted to shoot on the salt flats but many had no knowledge of the flats or the challenges associated with them. They had all the proper permits, gear, clearances, and even a handful of local salt flat production veterans. But the shear lack of knowledge about the salt flats lead to four vehicles getting stuck in the salt, more than half of the day lost (it was a two day shoot), and what I was told was a very expensive bill from the towing company (who had to use an old snowcat) and the BLM who manages the land and is responsible for cleaning up the divits. Lesson learned: never take the salt flats for granted.