Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-01 (Saturday)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 6/2/24 3:31 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 6/2/24 11:27 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 6/2/2024 9:28 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

Blumhouse's Fantasy Island (Hulu) - In glorious 4k!

Hulu has it in 4K?!? The movie was released on disc only on blu-ray. :-/

Yes. I was surprised - I noticed after watching that it had apparently
been in 4k, and double-checked that Hulu indicated that it was.

Since you looked it up, were the video cameras appropriate to 4K
production, or is this stepped up to 4K? For all I know, typical video
cameras do 4K natively.

What I can tell you is that "Blacklight" seemed more obviously "filmed
in 4k" to me while watching it. So that may mean that "Fantasy Island"
was just "upscaled" to 4k for/by Hulu.

Fine. I'll look it up. Blacklight used this:

Arri Alexa Mini, Panavision T-Series Lenses
https://www.arri.com/en/camera-systems/cameras/alexa-mini-lf

I have no idea if this is a film or video camera, or if these days, with
the right attachments, a film camera can also record on video.

Blumhouse Fantasy Island

Arri Alexa Mini, Panavision G-Series Lenses

This had a digital intermediary to film prints. I really don't
understand why digital transfrs aren't made at this point.