These sort of films will almost always be shot in about 3 weeks. It doesn't always result in bad quality. Granted more often than not it does, but we'll see. I actually miss Romania as a location. It's been more fashionable of late to film in Vancouver as opposed to Eastern Europe. If they recycle too many locations from previous Seagal Romania set films it'll be frustrating for sure, but find some new places, and if the film is actually set in Eastern Europe, then it could look good. There's some great architecture in Romania. Parts of it look wonderful on film.
People should also remember that because these don't shoot on 35mm film anymore, but in HD, that films can be shot far quicker and more efficiently. You don't have to keep re-setting, and you can check your footage immediately as you go. You can shoot sometimes up to 3 times more in a day on HD than you can on old school film stock. So naturally, shooting schedules on these movies have dropped from an average of 4 weeks, to about 3 weeks in recent year.
Personally I prefer film because it looks better, where-as HD, unless lit very well, looks too much like TV. Again though, you don't have to spend as long setting up lighting rigs on HD, because the cameras pick up low light levels far better than film.
These sort of films will almost always be shot in about 3 weeks. It doesn't always result in bad quality. Granted more often than not it does, but we'll see. I actually miss Romania as a location. It's been more fashionable of late to film in Vancouver as opposed to Eastern Europe. If they recycle too many locations from previous Seagal Romania set films it'll be frustrating for sure, but find some new places, and if the film is actually set in Eastern Europe, then it could look good. There's some great architecture in Romania. Parts of it look wonderful on film.
People should also remember that because these don't shoot on 35mm film anymore, but in HD, that films can be shot far quicker and more efficiently. You don't have to keep re-setting, and you can check your footage immediately as you go. You can shoot sometimes up to 3 times more in a day on HD than you can on old school film stock. So naturally, shooting schedules on these movies have dropped from an average of 4 weeks, to about 3 weeks in recent year.
Personally I prefer film because it looks better, where-as HD, unless lit very well, looks too much like TV. Again though, you don't have to spend as long setting up lighting rigs on HD, because the cameras pick up low light levels far better than film.
Benjamin Sacks:
Thank you Romania, Castel Films, and to all the hard working people on "A Good Man." What a great experience!#setlife#filmmaking
Castel Films? That is not Voltage Pictures? Castel Films has released the film "Attack Force". Campaign film "A Good man" would not be very good.
Castel Films is a filming studio and i dont think they produce films themselves
The main producers of this are Goldfine-Sacks-Seagal like normal
I also dont think Voltage Pictures produce Seagal movies themselves either they just sell them on to whoever(Anchor Bay etc)