Behind The Camera
In 2003 I had the honor to be the first director to shoot a film with the Viper Filmstream camera by Thomson Media making my short “Indoor Fireworks” the world’s first fully digital film i.e. the first film with a full digital workflow from acquisition to screening at the Dutch Film Festival where it received a standing ovation.
“Making cinema history”
The Viper was first used on the short movie ‘Indoor Fireworks’ [2003, Rudolf Buitendach; ph: Marc Felperlaan], though the first feature shot entirely with the Viper was ‘Silence Becomes You’ [2004-05, Stephanie Sinclaire; ph: Arturo Smith]. Other Viper films: ‘Collateral’ [2003; Viper + CineAlta HDW-F900 + film; dir: Michael Mann; ph: Paul Cameron & Dion Beebe; One of the Viper’s strengths is its ability to shoot with extremely low light levels, which allowed much of ‘Collateral’ to be shot on the streets of Los Angeles at night without the need for substantial supplemental lighting equipment], ‘Miami Vice’ [2005; Viper + CineAlta HDW-F900 + film; dir: Michael Mann; ph: Dion Beebe], ‘Zodiac’ [2005, David Fincher; ph: Harris Savides], ‘Killer Pad’ [2006, Robert Englund; ph: David Stump; ‘Killer Pad’ is being shot with two Viper Digital Cinematography cameras in FilmStream mode, which provides the greatest available latitudes and image quality available in today’s digital equipment.
The FilmStream signal is being recorded to the S.two DFR [Digital Field Recorder] digital disk recorder. This allows for the use of digital look up tables on set and for immediate playback and review of each take during the production], ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ [2006-07, David Fincher; ph: Claudio Miranda], etc.
The production of the Viper has since been discontinued.
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