Hollywood Reporter has some news on the filming of Transformers 4 – though not the kind you’d think! According to the article on Hollywood Reporter, parts of Transformers 4 will be filmed using Radiant Image’s palm-sized Novo camera, which weighs in at just 3.2 ounces. The article linked above has some additional technical information on the camera and its capabilities – it’s a far cry from the traditional depiction of large, stand mounted Hollywood cameras, although it can get closer to the action of a scene by virtue of its smaller size and lighter build.
Epsilon
Whut? Why?
So….is this Bay taking his product endorsements to the next level? Instead of just placing them in the movie as advertisement, now he's actually using them to make his movies? Is Bay being cheap?
RedAlert Rescue
You can rig a bunch of them in a curved row and fire them off sequentially so you get a "supersense" / The Matrix like effect I suppose. Might work for a car beauty pass or some fetishistic photography of some actress Bay wants to letch over.
I can see how they could use it to shoot up too like in the Sam goes to robot heaven & Mikaela drops the F bomb scene a small camera would make sense in that sort of situation.
MV95
PrimusVsUnicron
way to small
Gingerchris
Maybe he'll strap two side-by-side.
figsdad
How can you film it with cam that small and still film in 3D.?
I know you can edit it later on to add 3D but i thought BAY wanted to film the whole film with 3D CAMS.?
llamatron
strap it to a paint stirrer and we're good to go!
Gingerchris
At last a camera small enough for Bay to just load into a cannon and fire off through a scene to film it.
Bay: "Wow! It's so much steadier than my usual shots!"
It's pretty cool, I guess. Gives more options for filming.
Bay has two of them, one each taped to the toes of his shoes for when he stands next to women in skirts.
Stepper
Instead of the usual traditional large, stand mounted Hollywood cameras,it is just Palm sized,sure make those whom are carrying them much easier job.
Sidecutter
This is more or less what I expect to. Either that, or strapped to her thigh facing up…
Axilus Prime
You, sir, are awesome.
Kantus Prime
This is dripping wet with "shaky unwatchable ation scenes" all over it. Why does Baynus need this?
Deonasis
SCENE 47: Running away from Decepticons.
ACTION: Female lead runs away from Decepticons. – [Novo will be strapped to chin. Facing down.]
RedAlert Rescue
I was thinking he'd use it to shoot down some woman's blouse.
GAUGE
It's nice to see bay's movies continue to be shot with small cams. that's about the quality of his movies these days. lol
Ribieconvoy
As long as the quality's up to par for modern filming standards, they could use whatever camera will get the job done. I just hope they don't blatantly force in scenes just to take advantage of the camera's small size though.
MV95
-__- This is actually some interesting news about how certain shots could be filmed using such a small camera.
And I hear it's Charmin by the way. 2 ply, with that aloe lotion stuff.
Dogimus Prime
I'm seriously doubting everyone's "shaky cam" thoughts. Who's to say it won't be mounted on something for stability? I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here & say 90% of the viewers won't have a clue what kind of camera is being used on any given scene.
President Prime
Who knows, maybe we'll get exclusive images of what brand of toilet paper is being used on set. Wouldn't that be thrilling?
[Wing_Saber-X]
eh, cool I guess?