A digital movie camera for digital cinematography is a motion picture camera that captures footage digitally rather than physical film, known as film stock . Different digital movie cameras output a variety of different acquisition formats . Cameras designed for domestic use have also been used for low-budget independent productions.
18-545: The Cinema Camera is a line of digital movie cameras developed and manufactured by Blackmagic Design , introduced on September 4, 2012. They are a series of small form-factor cinema cameras that shoot in 6K, 4K, 2.5K, and 1080p resolution, making them more versatile when compared to standard-resolution digital movie cameras. All cameras use at least the RAW , Blackmagic RAW (BRAW), CinemaDNG , Apple ProRes and/or Avid DNxHD codecs and formats in 8K, 6K, 4K, 2.5K or 1080p. All of
36-414: A cult led by a charismatic leader (Marling) who claims to be from the future. Sound of My Voice premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival . It was also selected to close the 2011 SXSW Film Festival . The film was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures on April 27, 2012. In Los Angeles , substitute schoolteacher Peter Aitken and aspiring writer Lorna Michaelson are a couple in their twenties making
54-537: A film documentary. Their subject is a secretive cult led by the mysterious Maggie, whom they plan to expose as a fraud. When the cult considers Peter and Lorna ready to meet Maggie, they are made to shower thoroughly and dress in white surgical gowns. Then they are driven blindfolded to a secret basement location and received by Klaus, with whom they exchange a distinctive, intricate handshake, which they have been practicing. Peter and Lorna then join eight other members and meet Maggie, who uses an oxygen tank and implies that
72-602: A number of movie cameras on the market designed specifically for high-end digital cinematography use. These cameras typically offer relatively large sensors, selectable frame rates, recording options with low compression ratios or, in some cases, no compression, and the ability to use high-quality optics. Some of the cameras are expensive, and some are only available to rent. Some of the most used professional digital movie cameras include: Independent movie-makers have also pressed low-cost consumer and hybrid prosumer cameras into service for digital cinematography. Though image quality
90-408: A ritual – are opened up bit by bit, wound by wound, until they’re sobbing and laughing, their insides smeared across the carpet." Brent Simon, a film critic, summed up Sound of My Voice as, "a delicate, mesmeric thing that dances darkly along the edges of psychology, religion and science-fiction, raising questions about faith, identity, self-betterment and romantic connection." In September 2012,
108-546: A variety of felonies. Lorna agrees to set Maggie up to be captured and to hide this plan from Peter. With Lorna's help Peter arranges for Maggie to meet the student in public, at the LaBrea Tar Pits , during a class field trip. When Maggie meets the little girl, Peter is amazed to see them wordlessly perform the cult's intricate handshake. Abigail asks Maggie how she knew her secret handshake, and Maggie reverently responds: “you taught it to me”. Men in police uniforms burst into
126-400: Is her mother, and that Peter and Lorna will be banned from the group if he fails to comply. When Peter admits that he is considering following Maggie's orders, Lorna is outraged and accuses him of falling for Maggie's deception. After they argue, Lorna is privately approached by Carol Briggs, a woman who identifies herself as a Justice Department agent. Carol tells Lorna that Maggie is wanted for
144-434: Is powerful, and both Lorna and Peter have moments in which they waver between skepticism and belief. Lorna is especially concerned when she notices that Peter, who was initially adamant that Maggie was a charlatan, seems to now be intrigued by and even attracted to Maggie. After several group meetings, Maggie instructs Peter to bring her the eccentric eight-year-old Abigail Pritchett, one of his students. Maggie insists Abigail
162-449: Is typically much lower than what can be produced with professional digital cinematography cameras, the technology has steadily improved, most significantly in the last several years with the arrival of high-definition cameras in this market. These inexpensive cameras are limited by their relatively high compression ratios, their small sensors, and the quality of their optics. Many also have integrated lenses which cannot be changed. MiniDV
180-472: The cameras being relatively cheap and small and, therefore, easily used to shoot different angles in tight locations. Sound of My Voice Sound of My Voice is a 2011 American psychological thriller film directed by Zal Batmanglij in his feature directorial debut from a script written by Batmanglij and Brit Marling , and starring Christopher Denham , Nicole Vicius and Marling. The plot focuses on two documentary filmmakers who attempt to expose
198-423: The cameras require use of Blackmagic's proprietary Camera Utility software and need to be connected to a computer via USB to install the firmware. The software and firmware are obtained through Blackmagic's website. Digital movie camera Since the 2000s, digital movie cameras have become the dominant type of camera in the motion picture industry, replacing movie cameras that shoot on film. There are
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#1732869378125216-544: The consumer and prosumer markets with the HDV format. HDV cameras sold with a wide range of capabilities. Many support progressive shooting modes, and some have sensors with full 1920x1080 resolution (though the HDV format itself can only record 1440x1080 in non-square pixels, and DVCPRO HD only records at 1280x1080 or 960x720). In addition, some Canon and JVC HDV camcorders have the ability to use high-quality interchangeable lenses, rather than
234-551: The film has a 75% approval rating from critics based on 104 reviews. Manohla Dargis wrote in her review in The New York Times : "Nobody is gutted in Sound of My Voice , a smart, effectively unsettling movie about the need to believe and the hard, cruel arts of persuasion. But over time the men and women who meet in a mysterious house in an anonymous Los Angeles neighborhood – where they shed their clothes and cleanse their bodies in
252-623: The fixed lenses that are included with most prosumer cameras. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a " full-frame " format HDSLR camera capable of recording 1080p video at 24, 25 or 30 frames per second, with a file size limit of 4 GB. Movie makers are pressing this camera into service as a low-cost way to shoot motion footage. The Canon EOS 7D is an APS-C HDSLR that was used to shoot the independent horror film Marianne and Sound of My Voice . Both cameras have been used together to shoot point-of-view (POV) action scenes in The Avengers due to
270-526: The room and seize Maggie. As cult members angrily accuse Peter of betraying Maggie, he exchanges a glance with Lorna who smiles slightly, affirming her role in Maggie's capture. Abigail then asks Peter who Maggie was, and he responds, stricken, that he does not know. Sound of My Voice was named among the Top Indie Films at Festivals in 2011 on indieWIRE 's criticWIRE . On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes
288-488: The showering and clothing requirements are to avoid aggravating her illness. Maggie claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2054. She describes the future as riddled with war, famine and struggle, and has come back to select a special band of chosen people to prepare for what lies ahead. She leads the group in a series of intense psychological exercises and tells them about herself and the future, never proving nor disproving her extraordinary claim. Maggie's charismatic manner
306-507: Was the Sony VX-1000, which was used to shoot Spike Lee 's Bamboozled . In 2002, Panasonic released the AG-DVX100 , which was the first affordable camcorder to support progressive scan at 24 frames per second on its 60Hz version, duplicating the motion characteristics of film and allowing for easier transfers to film. Sony , JVC and Canon brought high-definition video acquisition to
324-517: Was the predominant standard definition consumer video acquisition format in the early 2000s. Steven Soderbergh used the Canon XL-1s MiniDV camera while shooting Full Frontal . The Danny Boyle directed British horror film, 28 Days Later was also shot on MiniDV using the Canon XL-1 , albeit with traditional Panavision 35mm film lenses. One of the first MiniDV cameras used on a feature film
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