Noam Kroll and D.P. Matteo Bertoli buck the 4K+ trend, choosing to shoot Noam’s feature “White Crow” in 2K on the ARRI Alexa Classic. Many of you may know Noam Kroll from his blog, website and projects to date. When the production work started on his feature “White Crow”, we immediately reached out to him for some insight into his technical and creative choice to buck the resolution frenzy and shoot 2K with the ARRI Alexa Classic. We also wanted to find out how this choice impacted a low budget, small crew production on a short, tight schedule. All images are courtesy of Noam Kroll. We sent Noam and his D.P. on the film, Matteo Bertoli some questions to dig a little deeper. Practical Considerations One of the first things to consider when deciding on a camera and on-set workflow for a particular project is all the practicalities of the production. What is the shooting schedule like? How many locations are there? How many setups in a day? Size of crew, lighting plan. This all comes down to time and resource management. Tell us a little bit about the White Crow production. What was the schedule like? Crew size? Locations? Noam: White Crow was designed to be shot with minimal cast, crew, and locations, and the screenplay was very much written with practicality in mind. Half the film takes place in one location (the protagonist’s home) and the other half takes place in the antagonist’s house, which made scheduling...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 3 January, 2019