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Saturday, November 8, 2008

Film V. HD

I love film like I love my wife and I'll never cheat on either of them. I had to shoot HD. I didn't like it. It felt alien. Not natural. Not human. People who don't know film talk about HD like its some kind of secret weapon. But for me the only place digital belongs is in post, where it can help unlock film's potential. Technology is good at making things better. It fails when it tries to replace or synthesize something that's already perfect. The fact is, when you shoot HD you hope it looks like film. No one ever shoots film hoping to emulate HD.
-Samuel Bayer.