They refer to tape in the film, I think, because they use the device of having taped over previously recorded video. That wouldn't happen with a disc based camera. That being said, some of it was shot with the panasonic hvx200 but most was shot with the Sony CineAlta F23 which is not a consumer camera. http://gizmodo.com/347463/the-real-camera-behind-cloverfield
- Verdi On Jan 24, 2008 10:27 AM, mcmpress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Agreed. Some Cloverfield thoughts of my own. > > http://videopancakes.blogspot.com/2008/01/seeing-cloverfield.html > <http://videopancakes.blogspot.com/2008/01/seeing-cloverfield.html> > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Amirault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I just got back from the movies. I saw CLOVERFIELD and all I knew > about it > > going in was that it was a "monster" movie. > > > > I had no idea that the entire movie would be from the point of view of > a > > character with a hand held video camera. You never see the actual > camera and > > while they refer to "tape" in the movie I would strongly suspect that > the > > camera is a memory card based device, not a tape camera, and that they > (the > > writers) intentionally had the characters use the most common term. > > > > Frankly I was not impressed with the beginning of the movie and > actually > > closed my eyes for the first half hour or so. I didn't want to watch > all > > the shaky footage .. and was considering leaving the theatre .. but > when the > > s**t hit the fan I started watching and they really did a credible > job. > > > > There was some times where I couldn't believe that the character > operating > > the camera would be 'filming' certain scenes .. and that he would turn > it on > > and off .. or NOT turn it on or off .. at certain times .. but that's > where > > "suspension of disbelief" comes in. > > > > It's a decent "monster movie" .. I recommend it .. especially for > video > > enthusiasts. > > > > Richard Amirault > > Boston, MA, USA > > http://n1jdu.org > > http://bostonfandom.org > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- http://michaelverdi.com http://freevlog.org http://nscape.tv
