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The Future of Image Capture

The Future of Image Capture HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK GREG MARCKS THE FUTURE OF IMAGE CAPTURE Digital cinematography is nothing new. From the miniDV Inland Empire to the high-definition (HD) Apocalypto (both 2006), many films are now being shot to tape. But for Zodiac (2007), director David Fincher selected the Thomson Viper, an HD camera that records to drives instead of film or tape. Like a film magazine, the drive is ejected when full and the files are downloaded onto a master hard drive from which they will later be imported into an editing platform. While other directors have used the Viper for Film Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 1, pps 8­9, ISSN 0015-1386, electronic ISSN 1533-8630. © 2007 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp. DOI: 10.1525/FQ.2007.61.1.8 parts of films, notably Michael Mann for Collateral (2004) and Miami Vice (2006), Fincher is the first Hollywood director to capture an entire feature film solely as data. Except for a few specialty shots, Zodiac never existed on film or videotape. With new technology come new problems. A number of dead http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Film Quarterly University of California Press

The Future of Image Capture

Marcks, Greg
Film Quarterly , Volume 61 (1) – Oct 1, 2007
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HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK GREG MARCKS THE FUTURE OF IMAGE CAPTURE Digital cinematography is nothing new. From the miniDV Inland Empire to the high-definition (HD) Apocalypto (both 2006), many films are now being shot to tape. But for Zodiac (2007), director David Fincher selected the Thomson Viper, an HD camera that records to drives instead of film or tape. Like a film magazine, the drive is ejected when full and the files are downloaded onto a master hard drive from which they will later be imported into an editing platform. While other directors have used the Viper for Film Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 1, pps 8­9, ISSN 0015-1386, electronic ISSN 1533-8630. © 2007 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp. DOI: 10.1525/FQ.2007.61.1.8 parts of films, notably Michael Mann for Collateral (2004) and Miami Vice (2006), Fincher is the first Hollywood director to capture an entire feature film solely as data. Except for a few specialty shots, Zodiac never existed on film or videotape. With new technology come new problems. A number of dead

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Published: Oct 1, 2007

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