Article by Christian Sebaldt, ASC.On Final Destination Bloodlines (New Line Cinema/WB/IMAX), my Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Pro 12K and my two Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pros were instrumental in capturing cool additional angles, as well as essential shots of extensive blue screen stunt sequences. Also, major special effects scenes need their coverage. We built a large exterior/interior cabin set in the woods. Spent several days outside and inside shooting scenes, and eventually exploded the whole thing. Although we were in the middle of a forest, we were allowed to create a massive 80’ tall fireball that we captured with eight cameras at speeds between 48 and 96FPS, three of them Blackmagic cameras. With the outstanding quality of the built-in Blackmagic RAW codec, every single shot is indistinguishable from the Sony Venice 2 cameras we also used, and this was an IMAX release!!The Blackmagics were also invaluable for compact car interior driving shots, as well as a stunt, when our family RV at night is crashing through a large metal gate our art department built. It was so substantial that no RV would have survived that crash, so our SPFX department. exploded and opened the gate, right before the vehicle impacted. The URSA Mini Pro 12K was buried in the road for the RV to drive over right by the gate, and the 6K Pros were mounted on the RV (in places where they couldn’t get destroyed).For the sequence when our stunt performers in the restaurant scene are falling 400’ to...
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