Tape is Dead... Long live Tape

Tape is Dead… Long live Tape

Posted on December 1, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

As production moves more towards tapeless acquisition, the question becomes… so what do you do what all that data?

…It struck me today that For Memories’ Sake will probably be the last movie I’m involved with that uses videotape. Ashley began shooting the documentary with the venerable DVX-100 in 2006 and, for consistency’s sake, we stuck with that camera through production. All the new projects that I have on the horizon will be shot with a tapeless cinema camera, whether it’s made by Panasonic, Sony, or Red. So tape is dead to me.

Or is it?

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