al mcguire Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/wonderland-tech-tricks/ green boom poles ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Lopez Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Can't wait to watch it on the big screen! In another subject apart, I always enjoy watching the special features and also the process of the shooting. Try to figure out what mics the mixer used and how the booman uses it to capture the invoice. Sometimes I even watch the special feature before watching the actual movie. I just got the Conversation of Coppola and I'm watching the Walter Murch's interview. Best regards, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Interesting - the green boom poles. And sometimes they are not green. Wonder how the boom ops dealt with swathing the poles green at times and at times not. The mics with the furry are kept uncovered. Heh. -vin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Having worked with him long ago on his first live-action film, I like Tim Burton a lot... but he sounds a bit defensive in the interview... and maybe he has good reason to be. Tim's brilliant... but the movie? Not so much. I saw the 3D version yesterday and it looked to me like the CG mechanics of it all may have pulled him away from properly developing the characters, which are obviously so important in this kind of film, and from the story-telling itself. And seriously... how can you do "Alice" with a caterpillar who doesn't say "Whoooooooooooooo arrrrrrre youuuuuuuuuuuuuu?" Call me a traditionalist, but "Who are you?" just won't do. Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 " green boom poles " I had some foam windscreens (for Schoeps and short shotguns), made for green screen work, also got some in blue...for bluescreens! " sometimes they are not green. " different crew on different days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriskellett Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 The green poles tend to be used when when a "real" foreground element would cross in front of the plain between the lens and the boom pole, otherwise the standard "ungreen" pole can be used and junk matted out of the picture, just like the windscreens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 I actually worked on some of the dailies a year ago for Alice, and even I couldn't figure out why sometimes they used a green boom, and sometimes it wasn't. I figure, why not just use it all the time? Beautiful effects work in the movie (judging by the clips). And Danny Elfman's music is always terrific. I was surprised to see how well the movie opened -- it's a huge hit. --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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