"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Penton-Man]

Update for mhafner………….
Michel, I reread the SMPTE journal article from last autumn. It is not easy to make the connection between this paper and typical telecine transfers or scans because the topic is camera color filter systems. I'll have to look for other papers that are more specific to this topic.

[Penton-Man]

Don't forget, here's your chance to make a real difference in our world.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/announcement.php?f=61

[WickyWoo]

Lol, I assume you clicked on their menu.
Believe me Wicky, it’s the places that don’t have a menu that you must be wary of.

Those are the best places, where you pay a flat fee and get omakase kaiseki
Where the chef truely proves his mettle, and he's free to use whatever strikes his fancy at the market that day. Check your PMs for a place with that BTW

It's just the casual lunch at $50-60 a plate

[Nighthawk]

Penton, I like your new avatar.

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

There really is no animosity.
Within a couple weeks of the time Toshiba waved the white surrender flag, tech guys from Paramount were meeting with tech guys from one of the stalwart true Blu studios catching back up to speed on how best to get product out on Blu-ray.
I think that hobbyists became much more emotionally involved in the format war than the typical industry folk……exception being one “retired” person.

Thanks, that's what I figured. I am really glad in the end that said "retired" person and M$ didn't get their greasy fingers to far into the movie industry.

[ErikR]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Guys, for the next week I’ll be supper busy trying to get things accomplished before heading on over to the Digital Cinema Summit starting April 12 with other NAB stuff to follow, so I’ll only poke my head in here occasionally.

Can you poke a few of the other insiders in the ribs

[malwa]

Penton was this shot in hd? http://www.shinealightmovie.com/

Just saw it and I cant wait for the blu-ray!!

[WickyWoo]

IMDB says 3-perf Super35
Super 8
and HDCAM SR

So yes, HD.

I don't think anyone would dare try to put something on IMAX that wasn't. I can't imagine how bad it would look

[phansson]

Penton, I just have a general question. Not trying to start a riot, just interested in the numbers.

Blu Ray has sold 9 million movies SI. Sony has stated that they have pressed 150 million blu ray discs? Are those all PS3 games?

Just seems like a very lopsided number.

[WickyWoo]

PS3 games, demos, movies,free copies, whatever. I'm not sure if that 9 million figure is simply domestic either

[mhafner]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Update for mhafner………….
Michel, I reread the SMPTE journal article from last autumn. It is not easy to make the connection between this paper and typical telecine transfers or scans because the topic is camera color filter systems. I'll have to look for other papers that are more specific to this topic.

Good luck.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

IMDB says 3-perf Super35
Super 8
and HDCAM SR

So yes, HD.

I don't think anyone would dare try to put something on IMAX that wasn't. I can't imagine how bad it would look

Actually, the irony of this is that whenever the film does become available on Blu-ray, you will probably be getting the true Director’s intent rather than what theatrical audiences are seeing in the reformatted IMAX version as Marty never wanted this presented in IMAX but, in this case the actors (The Rolling Stones) won over the Director and got the thing blown-up.

I don’t know if the individual cameramen are listed on IMDB however, the list reads like a Who’s Who of D.P.’s………..all under the supervision of Robert Richardson.

Trivia time…………….What person assoicated with this film was the #1 Contributor from Hollywood for the 2006 Election Cycle? Few people know the name but, he’s also been a major donor to many progressive issue advocacy groups.
Hint, his company co-financed this film.

Trivia #2………………………
Since 3D seems to be so much in the news these days, suppose Jagger had demanded the above film be captured in IMAX’s 3-D format. How much do you think for instance, an IMAX Solido 3D camera weighs…….roughly?

A. 100 lbs.
B. 200 lbs.
C. 300 lbs.
D. Given Marty’s physical stature, if the thing ever tipped over and fell on him, it would surely cause significant bodily harm to a great film Director.
E. Answers C. and D.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by mhafner

Good luck.

lol, well I didn’t say you can’t make the connection, I said it’s not easy to……. with this particular paper.

[savage1984]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Trivia #2………………………
Since 3D seems to be so much in the news these days, suppose Jagger had demanded the above film be captured in IMAX’s 3-D format. How much do you think for instance, an IMAX Solido 3D camera weighs…….roughly?

A. 100 lbs.
B. 200 lbs.
C. 300 lbs.
D. Given Marty’s physical stature, if the thing ever tipped over and fell on him, it would surely cause significant bodily harm to a great film Director.
E. Answers C. and D.

I'm gonna go on a wild guess here and say E.
Are wild guesses allowed?

[WickyWoo]

It's definately E, though I'm suprised it's only 300

The Stones did make a true IMAX movei about 15 years ago: To the Max I think it was called

[Polyh3dron]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

It's definately E, though I'm suprised it's only 300

The Stones did make a true IMAX movei about 15 years ago: To the Max I think it was called

I coulda sworn it was called Larger Than Life.. My parents took me to it when I was a youngin and the speakers were SOFA KING loud.

[WickyWoo]

As they should be

My biggest has been the wimpification of theatrical sound because some people find it "too loud"

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by savage1984

I'm gonna go on a wild guess here and say E.
Are wild guesses allowed?

Sure.
Because you are correct.

In fact, not just wild guesses but, all Wild Things are encouraged on Blu-ray……………….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc1zNflUFDA

[Penton-Man]

I see nobody has gotten Bingo on my first trivia query yet.

[ErikR]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Trivia time…………….What person assoicated with this film was the #1 Contributor from Hollywood for the 2006 Election Cycle? Few people know the name but, he’s also been a major donor to many progressive issue advocacy groups.
Hint, his company co-financed this film.

Would it be Steven Spielberg.