Thursday 17 July 2008

The Phantom. The Spirit. The FRANK MILLER.

The Phantom is a new camera, which has become the key gem for Frank Miller's new film THE SPIRIT.

The phantom shoots in super slow motion, it captures 1,000 frames per second rather than the usual 25. This mean you take a tenth of a second and turn it into a minute of footage.
The Digital effects guy for the film Stu Maschwitz says "It's an astonishing effect - not like anything you've ever seen". Which, is unbelievable because this man who also did Davey Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean, Superman Returns baseball pitch scene. Die Hard 4.0 Fighter jet fight with Bruce and the Iron man suit.
He is pretty ground breaking and if he can be shocked at this then it must make the average film geek (like myself) go wild.

Frank Miller isn't as-well-known for his film making, but in the last few years he has brought us Sin City and 300, which were both amazing films. And, both re-invented film making. With them being shot completely on green screen. Again The Spirit is another green screen film and from the trailer it looks a lot like Sin City, but in the recent preview in Total Film magazine Frank Miller re-assures us that it is very different from Sin City. Plus, its in full colour.
It looks like a comic book come to life and i can't wait to see it.It's due out in November. If you can't wait that long then go buy the special two disc version of Sin City and sink your head into the bonus features, they're mind blowing and if your interested in making movies it also gives you some tips.

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