4K Movies Releases

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

UHD Blu-ray, you say? I might have to look into that!

[otranto300]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

There are such things as UHD Blu-ray.

I meant that 90% of americans watch cable or directv, 90% of the time. ESPN, CNN, COMEDY, ABC, NBC......

4K is useless for us 90%ers.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by otranto300

I meant that 90% of americans watch cable or directv, 90% of the time. ESPN, CNN, COMEDY, ABC, NBC......

4K is useless for us 90%ers.

So... you don't want to get the new and improved disc format and not be a 90%-er? You are on a site called Blu-ray.com after all with most trying to strive for the best a/v presentation they can.

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by otranto300

DirecTV picture is fuzzy on 4k TVs, as the upscaling tech is not good. There is NO such thing as 4K channels as most programming are still 720 (espn) or 1080.

Directv looks good on my 4k TV but I don't have the 4K service just standard. It certainly looks better than on my older 1080 display

Your not gonna get upscaling without a 4k TV, and the 4k TV will most likely do a better job upscaling than a player will. So I wouldn't spend more on an upscaling bluray player

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by ray0414

PGA president pushes filmmakers to finish their movies in 4k and HDR
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/beh...y-urges-899766

From the article...“On all of these tools and capabilities, ARRI president and CEO Glenn Kennel commented, “This is an art form — let the cinematographer make decisions.”

If Producers don’t have the opportunity to do an HDR grade during post production at the time of the motion picture’s creation and lack the funds for a 4K finish, given real world bandwidth restraints in many post houses, a good alternative future proofing decision would be to shoot in 16bit RAW 4K (or higher rez camera), use that 4K (or higher) acquisition as a super sampled RAW file which is then brought down to 2K, proceed with an intermediate format of 16bit Open EXR in your workflow to finish in 2K 16bit ACES (not letting 10bit DPX creep anywhere into the workflow), as explained to a fellow member on Blu-ray.com prior to the publication of the CineAlta magazine article devoted to HDR and the Sony BVM-X300.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by tenia

What's the point if all the viz post prod is done in 2K because it's freakingly expensive to do it at 4K ?

you mean vfx post production?

[tenia]

Yes, I mostly meant Vfx but some movies alsl have their color grading done at 2k, so I wanted to reflect that too.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by tenia

Yes, I mostly meant Vfx but some movies alsl have their color grading done at 2k, so I wanted to reflect that too.

Then in regards to the former, I’ll explain… as far as finishing a movie in 4K, you can up-rez a lot of vfx to 4K because viewers can’t visually perceive a difference anyway (due to fast motion or darker scenes inherent to much of vfx imagery) as determined/proven with side-by-side testing during post production with the movie Tomorrowland .

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by tenia

Yes, I mostly meant Vfx but some movies alsl have their color grading done at 2k, so I wanted to reflect that too.

As to the later, in acknowledgment of ray0414’s (whom I assume is a 4K fan, i.e. the more detail the better ) link on the last page, well, 4K finishing (grading) at post (rather than 2K grading) was exactly the point Lori was advocating for at the Produced by Conference (L.A.)…..not that I think it actually moved many of the attendees in regards to their funding decisions.

[Penton-Man]

PeterTHX, looks like Roger D. finally came around to the value of higher (than 3.4K) digital acquisition…..http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

PeterTHX, looks like Roger D. finally came around to the value of higher (than 3.4K) digital acquisition…..http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

Oh, god! Hopefully not another failed attempt at cashing in on the nostalgia train!!

[Penton-Man]

Update to Wendell, starting in October, you get your HDMI input with 2nd gen…..https://www.sony.co.uk/pro/press/pr-...master-monitor

[C.C. 95]

Originally Posted by ray0414

PGA president pushes filmmakers to finish their movies in 4k and HDR

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/beh...y-urges-899766

If she was smart she would be more concerned about the lack of long term storage for digital films. The storage and caring for digital films is 100% MORE expensive than the care and storage of film. (films on drives need to be exercised or transferred every 3 months to guarantee survival).
Unlike tangible film on celluloid, we have film that, for all intents and purposes, exist only in the aether of ones and zeros. Files disappear or get corrupted.
The huge irony is that the care and feeding of Digital is DOUBLE what film was. (And it is STILL cheaper to build humongous sets than to use CGI).

[xbs2034]

Does Anthropoid have a 4K release? When I went today I got a "Presented in Sony Digital Cinema 4K" logo before the movie, which led me to believe perhaps it does as I haven't seen that logo used at that theater for a probably over a year now and I believe it is only supposed to be paired before a 4K title.

Though would be a bit of a weird choice for 4K since it was shot on Super 16mm.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Update to Wendell, starting in October, you get your HDMI input with 2nd gen…..https://www.sony.co.uk/pro/press/pr-...master-monitor

For color grading, Technicolor has been a prolific buyer of 1st gen 4K HDR BVM-X300 monitors.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

Does Anthropoid have a 4K release?

I don't mean to be rude by ignoring your post, but sorry, I just don't know.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by C.C. 95

If she was smart she would be more concerned about the lack of long term storage for digital films....

I feel quite confident that the archiving topic (i.e. modern technologies being used to future proof collections and keep them viable for future display and distribution formats) will be expertly presented in detail to an audience during an event starting this evening and going on thru Saturday here….

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Li...!4d-118.327091

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I feel quite confident that the archiving topic (i.e. modern technologies being used to future proof collections and keep them viable for future display and distribution formats) will be expertly presented in detail to an audience during an event starting this evening and going on thru Saturday here….

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Li...!4d-118.327091

^ this evening, they’ll even admit, without prejudice, any old Jack having only one eye.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by C.C. 95

Unlike tangible film on celluloid, we have film that, for all intents and purposes, exist only in the aether of ones and zeros. Files disappear or get corrupted.
The huge irony is that the care and feeding of Digital is DOUBLE what film was. (And it is STILL cheaper to build humongous sets than to use CGI).

Game of Thrones is $10 million an episode and they have to use digital extensions for almost all their major sets. So strongly disagree with that assessment.

[Penton-Man]

PeterTHX is back.

Not sure if you know him as it’s been years since his position at THX, but Dave Schnuelle is on a Big Screen panel at the upcoming IBC….http://www.ibc.org/ibc-conference/ib...een-experience