Het was al bekend dat de nieuwe Spider-Man film, onder leiding van regisseur Marc Webb, eind 2010 van start zou gaan. Inmiddels is het grote moment aangebroken, want afgelopen maandag zijn de opnames van start gegaan. De eerste foto’s van de set zullen dan ook spoedig wel opduiken, aangezien zoiets vandaag de dag vrijwel onmogelijk geheim te houden is.
Cinematographer John Schwartzman was in elk geval lyrisch over de nieuwe Epic-camera’s van RED, die ook voor The Hobbit gebruikt zullen worden. Schwartzman vertelde:
Today was Epic, Monday December 6 marks the first day the Red Epic camera was used to shoot a major studio motion picture. I can say for certainty the camera does exist and boy is it ready for primetime, as a matter of fact it’s a true game changer.We shot in 3D with 4 Epics mounted on 2 3ality TS-5 rigs today, we did 22 set ups, including running high speed and the images look stunning! I do believe the sensor is iso 800 minus 1 stop for the mirror in daylight and iso 640 in tungsten light but that is really for every dp to determine for themselves, Brook Willard and I figured 640 tungsten but that’s just a number.
For the first time in digital cinematography, small size doesn’t come with a resolution penalty, as a matter of fact there isn’t a higher resolution camera available other than IMAX, and this one weighs 5lbs with an ultra prime on it, suddenly 3D isn’t a 100lb beast! We had the cameras on dollies and a libra head today and we flew the 3D rig like it was an Arri 435. You guys told me you could do it in September and here we are today, Congratulations.
