Low budget films, or films that use low budget equipment/techniques?

Baghead, Panasonic AG-HVX200
Cloverfield, Panasonic AG-HVX200
Inland Empire, Sony PD-150
Open Water, Sony PD-150
The Anniversary Party, Sony DSR-500
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Canon XL-1
28 Days Later, Canon XL-1S
Pieces of April, Sony PD-150
Bamboozled, Sony VX 1000 PAL
Book Of Life, Sony VX1000 (NTSC)
The Celebration, Sony PC7 PAL
Chuck & Buck, Sony VX1000 PAL
The Cruise, Sony VX1000 NTSC
Dancer In The Dark, Sony PD 100 & Sony DXC D30WS PAL
Everything Put Together, Sony VX1000 PAL
Final, Canon XL-1 PAL
Chelsea Walls, Sony PD100 PAL
Full Frontal, Canon XL1s PAL
Hotel, Sony PD 100 & PD150 PAL
Julien Donkey Boy, Canon XL1 PAL
Time Code, Sony DSR-1
Supersize Me, Sony PD150
Lonesome Jim, Panasonic DVX 100
November, Panasonic DVX 100
A Day Without a Mexican, Panasonic DVX 100
 
directorik said:
Baghead, Panasonic AG-HVX200
Cloverfield, Panasonic AG-HVX200
Inland Empire, Sony PD-150
Open Water, Sony PD-150
The Anniversary Party, Sony DSR-500
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Canon XL-1
28 Days Later, Canon XL-1S
Pieces of April, Sony PD-150
Bamboozled, Sony VX 1000 PAL
Book Of Life, Sony VX1000 (NTSC)
The Celebration, Sony PC7 PAL
Chuck & Buck, Sony VX1000 PAL
The Cruise, Sony VX1000 NTSC
Dancer In The Dark, Sony PD 100 & Sony DXC D30WS PAL
Everything Put Together, Sony VX1000 PAL
Final, Canon XL-1 PAL
Chelsea Walls, Sony PD100 PAL
Full Frontal, Canon XL1s PAL
Hotel, Sony PD 100 & PD150 PAL
Julien Donkey Boy, Canon XL1 PAL
Time Code, Sony DSR-1
Supersize Me, Sony PD150
Lonesome Jim, Panasonic DVX 100
November, Panasonic DVX 100
A Day Without a Mexican, Panasonic DVX 100
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Awesome! Thanks.

Uranium City said:
Cavite, Panasonic DVX100

The Neistat Brothers, various consumer point and shoot pocket cameras
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directorik said:
I just remembered Park Chan-wook's "Paranmqanjang" shot on the iPhone.
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WOw that looks interesting, see the lens they had for it?

Anyway, thanks guys!

And another one just for my records:

Boxing day - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970922/ - Although I'm not quite sure which camera was used for this, it looks really cheap and with autofocus
 
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Monster was done with 800,000?Impressive, just watched the trailer and if I didn't know better I would say that it cost way more than that.
 
A couple more to add:

Rubber - shot with a 5D - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/

The Silent House (original) - Shot with a 5D - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646973/

Parts of Black Swan shot with a 7D (maybe 5D too) - all subway scenes - http://www.eoshd.com/content/482-Darren-Aronofsky-new-film-Black-Swan-shot-on-7D-1D-Mk-IV-and-16mm - http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com/2010/12/black-swan-canon-7d.html

Obviously parts of 127 Hours shot with a 7D, 1D and 5D

28 days later mostly shot with Canon XL-1S

Red state has a 7D listed as one of the cameras used http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0873886/ - it was used for some of the running scenes - http://www.videography.com/article/102638

microphone - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1684913/ - shot with 7D

dilated - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663331/ - shot with 5D

like crazy - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758692/ - shot with 7D (sold to paramount for $4 million)

Tiny furniture - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570989/ - shot with 7D
 
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So why do so many people choose the 7D over the 5D? I thought the 7D has the same sensor as the 550D - ergo it's smaller than the 5D 35mm sensor...


I'm confused.

Does anyone know?
 
yea but movie like cloverfield were put out by paramount. do you think paramount and their million dollar company heavily edited the film.
 
SinEater said:
The 7D sensor is closer in size to Super35 Film than the larger 5D sensor.
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But I thought the 7D and 550D have the same sensor size?

Because as far as I remember the 5D is approx 35mm
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Mitter said:
Monster was done with 800,000?Impressive, just watched the trailer and if I didn't know better I would say that it cost way more than that.
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Monsters cost the Director/Produce 24K US. The 800K figure comes from additional post after acquisition (as I was told) and Magnet's marketing budget.
 
thedude4242 said:
yea but movie like cloverfield were put out by paramount. do you think paramount and their million dollar company heavily edited the film.
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Most of Cloverfield was also shot on an F23, for reference. the HVX200 connected to an external recording setup was used in most of the party scene, etc.
 
calif0rnian said:
But I thought the 7D and 550D have the same sensor size?

Because as far as I remember the 5D is approx 35mm
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They do. As you can see from that diagram, full-frame 35mm is substantially larger than Super35 motion picture film.

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(Motion picture versus stills 35mm.)
 
calif0rnian said:
So most films use 35mm or super 35mm? :)
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Most films use motion picture 35mm (Super35 is just a cropped/more widescreen version). The use of full-frame 35mm/Vistavision (referred to in the stills world as 135) would be cost-prohibitive and impractical for an entire movie, but in the not-so-distant past it was very popular for background and special effects plates due to the larger frame's superior resolution.
 
Well I guess this is a good a place to ask as any:

Does anyone know of any websites where technical info on films is readily available? Particularly the equipment used and even more specifically, camera equipment used?

I've just been using IMDB for this, but sometimes it isn't very thorough.

Cheers
 
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