“The Departure” is the First footage released online from the Sony VENICE. It was shot by Ed Wild BSC who was the cinematographer on the movies London Has Fallen and Welcome To The Punch.
Ed chose to shoot the VENICE short film “The Departure” in a lot of mixed lighting conditions. Ed used old anamorphic Crystal SuperSpeeds to get a more vintage look.
Ed also talks about his experience of being one of the the first to use the Sony VENICE. Ed said he wanted to push the camera to see just how well it performed.
Sony have also released a video showing how easy it is remove the sensor block from CineAlta VENICE. The whole process only takes a few minutes.
What do you think about the footage from the Sony VENICE? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Wondering why they would use lenses with such strong characteristics to demonstrate the capabilities of a new camera. Surely neutral lenses like ultraprimes would have been more indicative. Please nobody say “film look”
One of it’s strengths is of course the ability to shoot native anamorphic aspect ratios. Perhaps a more modern set would have been a better choice.
Shooting through soft, aberration ridden anamorphics means you could have shot this on anything and achieved the same results. A F5 would have looked the same. So as a sample of what the camera is capable of it’s of little use… A shame. But if Sony want to show off their sensor they ought to make sure what’s in front of the sensor isn’t mush.
Every one of these camera footage posts brings out the comedy gold in the comments.
PS: Good god that’s a beautiful car.
I don’t want to be “that guy”, but I guess I will… Why does the headline of the article say “‘The Departure’ – First footage from the Sony VENICE”? The first footage released was “THE DIG” and that was released over two weeks ago.
“The Dig” was released online just after “The Departure”. “The Departure” was actually shown in London before “The Dig” in LA.
Sorry, I know there’re trying to show off the camera’s capabilities but why this short? I can’t think of a better way to alienate the narrative market they covet than to showcase their camera with an amateur effort. I remember when they showcased their A7s with amazing footage about smoking fish in Scandinavia. The camera rose to the content. Here the content is crap and hence reflects badly on the camera. Whatever good I try to glean from the camera I’m utterly distracted by the shit show on screen. Please, someone give me the number of their promotional department. I’ll serve this camera up better ten fold.
Watching the “behind the scenes” video, I struggle to see any appreciable difference between the Venice camera video and whatever camera they used to shoot the behind-the-scenes video. To my eyes the behind-the-scenes video looks a tad sharper. Streaming video compression is the great leveler. Until these tests are streamed in such a way that the 16bit/HDR/4K/Whatever video can travel from the server to our displays uncorrupted and uncompressed, these camera test videos are inadvertently sending the message that you might as well buy a GH5 and put whatever money you have IN FRONT of the camera.
It’s impossible to judge camera quality on platforms like YouTube.
This is why using a high resolution camera is fairly pointless for any online distribution. The amount of compression that is used by YouTube negates any advantage a high end camera has over a cheaper one.
This camera has been designed for high end motion picture capture and for the material to be displayed on the big screen. On a YouTube platform it won’t look much different to most other cameras.
I totally agree with you — and there’s the rub! Those high end motion pictures you are referring to are increasingly — soon overwhelmingly — TV shows and original movies streamed over platforms exactly like YouTube: Netflix, Amazon, VUDU, Hulu, etc. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that video streaming to small screens is rapidly becoming the way 99% of all content is finally consumed, and that soon 99.9% of all filmmakers will never see their work in a theater. So why use the fancy camera? Even though these streaming platforms are trying to incorporate higher resolutions and HDR or whatever, there’s not enough bandwidth to support the resolution arms race from HD to 4K to 8K and beyond, so these platforms simply drop bitrates. The result: everything looks “pretty good” no matter what it is shot on, and no one is impressed anymore! When you say “On a YouTube platform it won’t look much different to most other cameras”, I think you are inadvertently delivering a message of hope to DIY filmmakers, and a dire warning to everyone else!
Very true. You are correct is saying that so much of todays content is getting shown online. Until companies come up with higher bandwidth streaming services, everything looks similar online. Camera manufacturers harp on about bitrates and colour spaces, but as you already said, most material ends up online where the compression effectively creates a level playing field.
I don’t know why YouTube doesn’t offer an upgrade to companies who really value the data rate (image quality) of their content. I’m sure Sony would be happy to pay a little bit to guarantee a high bite-rate file to their audience.
Yeah it is a pity no such service exists.
First from the BTS video. Second from the FINAL film
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This looks awful. I am sure the camera will be great, but who hires such talentless people to shoot promotional footage? The framing, the lighting, composition (or rather lack thereof)… What are we supposed to evaluate here? Dynamic range did not get pushed, neither did the iso, the lenses make everything look soft, again, what is this?
The “story” was porn-grade but the lighting, colors and skin tones that he showed off were impressive. I think there’s more content there than appears to be at first.
Whoa easy Ed Wild is a baller, and a BSC member who’s a seasoned vet.
Just get him a director and script and I’m sure he’s fine. I had a hard time separating the content (or lack there of) from the IQ. Perhaps the worst roll out film of all time.
Doesn’t change the fact, that this is garbage. If he puts his name on it, it hurts his credentials.
This isn’t going to hurt his credentials one bit. For all intensive purposes it’s a test shoot.
Many factors contributed to this video. Director choosing the shots. Time and location limitations (as mentioned in the BTS i.e. what they were allowed to use for lighting). Who had the final decision on the grade which could be anyone up the chain. Plus one video will not make or break this camera. Now if many sources of footage all reveal the same issues then ….
Idk, I feel like the color grade crushed the blacks too much and makes it a little hard to judge the dynamic range (which I’m sure is pretty good).
agreed
OMG typical Sony. This is so not-magical. Film supposed to be about dreams, magic, beauty, light and fantasy. This looks way to ‘real’.
I’m 100% sure the camera is absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to use it myself but the creative here sucks in terms of showing off a camera.
I’m assuming that 16 bit color requires different creative and technical workflows. The amount of color is just overwhelming.
I saw the last Woody Allen movie in a high end screening at Paramount and the 16 bit color from the F65 looked like shit. They fixed it for the regular theatrical release.
There will be much better footage I’m sure.
Wow the most exciting thing about the new camera is the full frame chip. can’t believe these guys weren’t jumping to utilize the whole sensor!