Want to get that authentic New England winter shot?

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No Film School just published an interview with the DP's of Bob and the Trees, which is about to show at Sundance.

They filmed the feature mostly outdoors during last year's frigid, snowy winter in Massachusetts, and it is one of the first features exclusively shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Camera.

Here is a quote from them on their decision to use those cameras:

"We shot on two Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras with the Metabones Speed Booster adapter and Nikon prime lenses. We like the small size and operational simplicity of the camera, as well as its ability to hold highlights pretty well for a camera in its class, which was essential for shooting in the snow. Also, knowing that we'd be working in a mostly documentary-style environment, we appreciated knowing that we'd have the low compression ProRes HQ codec to work with in post. We knew that we could underexpose to protect highlights and bring the midtones up in the color correct without too much noise. "

Full interview here.