Magic Bullet, BBgun and Feature Look
Jan 2007
Understanding Magic Bullet, BBgun and Feature Look
For decades, filmmakers have attempted to lens projects using video instead of film. Video is far cheaper, and the results are instant - plus you have much more flexible options in post production. The trouble is that video looks like, well, video! It has that "soap opera" look. It's associated with cheesy, low budget trash. Ultimately, it just is not right for most narrative projects. Film has a depth and feel that allows the audience to "get lost" in the world you as a filmmaker are trying to create.
Now, digital technology can take the conveince of video and give it the rich, narrative, story-telling quality of film.
Introducing Magic Bullet and our companion technologies, BBgun and FeatureLook.
Thus, "BBGun" as a quick way to convert from PAL to NTSC, and you'll end up looking very much like film. Magic Bullet takes any video and makes it 24P, and Feature look uses Magic Bullet and other processes to really finalize your project, and prepare it for printing to 35mm Film.
Source: http://www.videolikefilm.com
Panasonic AG-HVX200 (May 2006)
Canon XL H1 (April 2006)
JVC GY-HD100 (April 2006)
Canon XL2 (March 2005)
Panasonic AG-LA2700A anamorphic lens (August 2004)
Panasonic AG-DVX100A (June 2004)
Panasonic AG-DVX100 (December 2002)
The Panasonic AG-DVX100A is a DV camcorder offering 60i, 30p, and 24p image capture (a 625/50 version, the DVX100E, offers 50i and 25p).
It's under US$4000. Aside from the $5000 Canon XL2, the next lowest cost 24p video camera is about US$19,500: the Panasonic AJ-SPX800.
With its introduction the DXV100, and its successor the DVX100A, instantly became the hot cameras for indie digital filmmakers. The 24p-capable Canon XL2 only adds to the excitement. As a result there's a lot of hype, hysteria, and FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) about them and about 24p production in general.
I'll try to navigate through the hype, hysteria, and FUD to provide factual material and rational analysis. I have the original DVX100 and I can put it through its paces alongside a Sony DSR-PD150 (the de facto standard in $4000 DV cameras) as well as the DSR-500, a higher-end favorite among digital filmmakers. I'll also try to use various post-production tools and see what works, and how.
Note: I focus here on the Panasonic DVX100-series cameras, but much of what I talk about applies to the Canon XL2 and to the bigger 24p Panasonics as well.
Cutting to the chase: the DVX100 is a very good camera for its price, even ignoring its 24p capability. Perfect? Heck, no. It has all sorts of flaws and omissions, just like any other $4000 camera. But for what you pay, you get a lot; if you understand both the strengths and the weaknesses of this camera, it can be a very powerful production tool.
And the second-generation camera, the AG-DVX100A, is even better. I've scattered comments on the 100A throughout.
The page is a stream-of-consciousness ramble through various issues as I collect information and generate tests. Don't expect a lot of organization or comprehensive coverage (and don't bookmark anything here except the page itself; anchors come and go).
Thanks A.Wilt
Source: http://www.adamwilt.com
Understanding Magic Bullet, BBgun and Feature Look
For decades, filmmakers have attempted to lens projects using video instead of film. Video is far cheaper, and the results are instant - plus you have much more flexible options in post production. The trouble is that video looks like, well, video! It has that "soap opera" look. It's associated with cheesy, low budget trash. Ultimately, it just is not right for most narrative projects. Film has a depth and feel that allows the audience to "get lost" in the world you as a filmmaker are trying to create.
Now, digital technology can take the conveince of video and give it the rich, narrative, story-telling quality of film.
Introducing Magic Bullet and our companion technologies, BBgun and FeatureLook.
Thus, "BBGun" as a quick way to convert from PAL to NTSC, and you'll end up looking very much like film. Magic Bullet takes any video and makes it 24P, and Feature look uses Magic Bullet and other processes to really finalize your project, and prepare it for printing to 35mm Film.
Source: http://www.videolikefilm.com
Panasonic AG-HVX200 (May 2006)
Canon XL H1 (April 2006)
JVC GY-HD100 (April 2006)
Canon XL2 (March 2005)
Panasonic AG-LA2700A anamorphic lens (August 2004)
Panasonic AG-DVX100A (June 2004)
Panasonic AG-DVX100 (December 2002)
The Panasonic AG-DVX100A is a DV camcorder offering 60i, 30p, and 24p image capture (a 625/50 version, the DVX100E, offers 50i and 25p).
It's under US$4000. Aside from the $5000 Canon XL2, the next lowest cost 24p video camera is about US$19,500: the Panasonic AJ-SPX800.
With its introduction the DXV100, and its successor the DVX100A, instantly became the hot cameras for indie digital filmmakers. The 24p-capable Canon XL2 only adds to the excitement. As a result there's a lot of hype, hysteria, and FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) about them and about 24p production in general.
I'll try to navigate through the hype, hysteria, and FUD to provide factual material and rational analysis. I have the original DVX100 and I can put it through its paces alongside a Sony DSR-PD150 (the de facto standard in $4000 DV cameras) as well as the DSR-500, a higher-end favorite among digital filmmakers. I'll also try to use various post-production tools and see what works, and how.
Note: I focus here on the Panasonic DVX100-series cameras, but much of what I talk about applies to the Canon XL2 and to the bigger 24p Panasonics as well.
Cutting to the chase: the DVX100 is a very good camera for its price, even ignoring its 24p capability. Perfect? Heck, no. It has all sorts of flaws and omissions, just like any other $4000 camera. But for what you pay, you get a lot; if you understand both the strengths and the weaknesses of this camera, it can be a very powerful production tool.
And the second-generation camera, the AG-DVX100A, is even better. I've scattered comments on the 100A throughout.
The page is a stream-of-consciousness ramble through various issues as I collect information and generate tests. Don't expect a lot of organization or comprehensive coverage (and don't bookmark anything here except the page itself; anchors come and go).
Thanks A.Wilt
Source: http://www.adamwilt.com
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