- You know that saying that money can't buy happiness?
I agree with that, for the most part.
But sometimes, it does.
For example, today, I bought something real cool.
(groans)
That is about 60 dollars worth of socks.
But they're the all the same exact type of sock.
And you know those socks that have a left and the right, no.
None of that crap, because now whenever I do laundry
I never have to do the whole process of going trough
bunch of different pairs of socks and pairing it up
and making sure that the left one goes with the right one.
No more of that, so I am a happier man.
So I'm gonna take all my pairs of mismatched socks
I collected over the years and throw it at Goodwill
and be like "Take it! Take the problems off my hands!"
I don't even know if that's a good charity thing to do.
'Cause now they're gonna have to match all those socks
and it's gonna be a headache for them.
Should I just soak all the socks in gasoline
and just burn it instead?
I don't know, I'm just trying to do the right thing,
but sometimes the right thing is hard to do.
Alright, so today we're talking about the Oscar nominations
that have announced and what cameras were used to shoot.
First of all, I just wanna know, because I'm kinda nerdy
and I also like to see what kinda trends are going on in
Hollywood films and how they're using it and
why they're using it.
Anyways, let's get started with the list.
I don't know the list, I have to go get my laptop.
Hottest film of the night, ten nominations, Roma.
Which is a black and white Netflix original.
It's a film by Alfonso Cuaron and looks like
he shot it as well directed it as well as edit it.
Did the whole thing and that was filmed on Arri Alexa 65.
which is interesting because Netflix is generally
dominated by Red Cameras, because Netflix has
this requirement that all their originals be
shot on something with an native 4k sensor.
They won't except an Arri Alexa unless
it's the new LF or 65.
But the Arri Alexa 65 is like beast Alexa that has
way more than 4k pixels and he went
with the 65, that's awesome.
One point for Arri Alexa so far.
Next is A Star is Born, with nine nominations, wow.
Shot entirely on Arri Alexa Mini.
And my guess is they probably wonted something smaller
and lightweight and probably a lot of camera angles.
There's some behind the scenes of it filmed on Movi Pro.
They probably went with Alexa Mini just for
that flexibility and size.
And the picture quality out of
those Alexa Mini is beautiful.
That's one thing I love about Arri Alexa is
if you're trying to get very vibrant beautiful colors
the Arri Alexa does it so well.
Opposed if you'd to take most other cameras
and you just crank up that saturation
it just start to look kinda gross.
The Arri Alexa, you could take that,
bump that saturation and it just looks glorious.
For example, a few months ago I co-directed
a music video for Pepe Aguilar and the DP Dennis Zanatta
and I had a conversation about the look of it and
we wanted it to be very saturated and colorful and rich.
And it became very clear we had to shoot on Arri Alexa.
The Favourite, also another popular choice for the night.
I haven't been able to find specifics on what camera
was used, but from behind the scenes photos
it looks like he's using a film camera.
Definitely a very filmic look.
But apparently he used mostly natural lighting and
according to DP Robbie Ryan, he just kinda slapped the
wide angle lens and just shot it.
(laughs)
He also mentiones he went for some super wide angle lenses
that are kind of abstract, but it's beautiful,
you could tell it's real film being shot.
By the way, when I did this video last year
I got a lot of questions about
"What do you mean by film camera?"
Basically, all our cameras now are digital,
So light comes in trough the lens and
hits a digital sensor.
And then data gets recorded on to a memory card
and it's all done by computers.
But before there were digital cameras,
they were film cameras, this was like built in the 50s.
I firstly never actually shot a film because
I always hear it's too inefficient, it's too expensive.
But there's a lot of filmmakers that argue
that you can't fully reproduce that
traditional film look with a digital sensor.
But yeah, until recently all movies were shot on film.
But film cameras are still kicking it in Hollywood.
Vice is also cleaning the floor with all it's nominations
and filmed with Arri film cameras and a Bolex.
Which is what this thing is and now
I'm super pumped to get this thing going and testing it out.
And generally speaking, the majority of time pieces
are shot on film, because it just has that
traditional, beautiful cinematic look.
Which still I don't feel like it can be
fully emulated with digital cameras.
The Green Book, another huge hit of the night.
Filmed Arri Alexa Mini with Leica lenses.
Wow, Alexa Mini really taking the floor this year.
Usually we'd see the Alexa Mini as the sidekick to
XT and the SXT but now they're just making it
the main camera, that's awesome, I do love that Mini.
Bohemian Rhapsody, yes.
That was a fun film.
Alexa 65, SXT and film, Hasselblad and Cooke lenses.
It's interesting how they mixed up the
Alexa's digital look with the film footage.
Black Panther also making a lot of noise at the Oscars
and it was shot on Arri Alexa XT Plus
paired with some Panavision Primo lenses.
Oh, man, this might be another year where
the Arri Alexa dominates the Oscars.
I did the same thing last year and
I'm just recycling content now.
Last year it was dominated by Arri Alexa,
little bit of film and there's Red Camera
in there somewhere.
It's basically just a repeat of last year.
BlacKkKlansman, another big hit and this was
shot on film, whole gaggle of Panavision
and Arri film cameras, Zeiss Master Prime and
Panavision lenses.
Alright, so out the eight nominations for best picture,
three of them were shot on traditional film,
four of them were shot the Arri Alexa and
one that was shot on both Arri Alexa and film
which is Bohemian Rhapsody.
So film is still hanging in there, in the fight
hasn't been totally destroyed by the Arri Alexa, yet.
But let's keep going down the list
and seeing what everyone else is doing.
Cold War is up for several nominations
including directing and cinematography
that was also shot on the Arri Alexa XT.
Cooke S5 lenses, Zeiss Ultra Primes
and Angenieux Optimos.
First Man is up for dour nominations including
best sound mixing and best sound editing.
Which is awesome because one of my close homies,
Alex Nickerbacker, he's been in a couple of my videos
before, but he and I've been talking about making
a whole video for you guys about sound and editing sound
and sound design and sound processing, all that stuff.
He worked on sound for the First Man but he also
has a lot of tips for simple creators like us.
So let's just comment down below, telling Alex
the rudest thing you can think of saying
"Alex, if you don't come on Potato Jet's show, blank"
and then you just comment down below, get creative,
I don't care, he'll read these comments,
be so scared that he'll be on this show.
And then we'll all have better audio, yeah!
But the First Man was shot on film,
no brainer for a film like this.
They had the funds, they wanted that look, they got it.
Never Look Away, another film for best cinematography.
Arri Alexa XT Plus with Zeiss Mater Prime Lenses.
Eternits Gate for best actor.
Shot on the AK Red Helium,
that's the first for Red so far, we got one.
Red has officially entered the race.
The Wife, I actually couldn't find too much information
about what they shot this on, but I'm assuming
it's the Arri Alexa.
I only saw one behind the scenes shot with a camera in it
and that look generally like the Arri Alexa,
but I could be wrong so let's just exclude this one
for now, 'cause I don't have firm facts.
Can You Ever Forgive Me, shot on the Panavision DXL.
That's pretty awesome, I heard about
Panavision rolling out their new digital camera
a while ago and we weren't sure
if that was gonna be the next big digital camera.
It is Panavision and those guys know what
they're doing and I believe they're using
the AK Monstro sensor from Red.
They took that sensor, they put it in
their own body and they process it their own way.
If Beale Street Could Talk, another film shot on
the Arri Alexa 65, Hasselblad Lenses.
Man, I wanna give my hands on that Arri Alexa 65
one of these days, it's basically like Arri's
Imax's camera, it's their biggest sensor.
But I believe it cost's as much as
a kidney and soul and a house.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, also shot the Arri Alexa Mini
and Alexa XT with Zeiss Master Prime
and Fujinon Alura Zoom Lenses.
Wait a second, this is a Netflix original?
First of all, the Alexa XT and Alexa Mini,
they're amazing cameras, but they're not even 4k.
So next time you're shopping for a camera
and you're like "I must have 4k" just remember
that the Coen brothers don't even shoot in 4k.
But I'm confused now because I thought
Netflix originals had to be shot on a 4k camera,
which the Alexa Mini is not.
And I thought it was kind of ridiculous,
because you're literally eliminating
of the most popular Hollywood cameras out there, clearly.
And they're like "Nope, can't use that camera."
Shot on Arri Alexa mini and Alexa XT and Arriraw 2.8k.
Maybe the Coen brothers were like
"Hey, Netflix, we're the fucking Coen brothers,
we're gonna shoot on the Alexa Mini."
I don't know, did they give them an exception or something?
Who knows.
First Reformed, shot on Arri Alexa SXT.
That's actually interesting,
'cause I would've guessed this was shot on Red
just by the way it looks, how it was de-saturated.
And a lot of green's in the shadows.
Mary Poppins Returns, the Arri Alexa Mini
and Alexa SXT with Panavision and Angenieux Zoom Lenses.
And definitely makes sense, the Arri Alexa,
if you're trying to make something super saturated
and poppy and vimsical like this,
Arri Alexa, hands down.
And I feel like Arri Alexa is so good at making
skin tones look super rich and creamy.
And the camera does it so naturally.
You point that camera at anybody and you're like
"Wow, you look so beautiful and glowy."
Mary Queen of Scots, another film with
the Panavision Millennium DXL.
And they used the Red for the second units.
I actually haven't seen either of the films
filmed on this Panavision Millennium DXL,
but I'd love to see and see how it looks.
I imagine it has a lot of characteristics similar to the Red
because they are using the Monstrous sensor in it.
But in Mary Queen of Scots they also did use Red
for a second unit camera, so I imagine they pair very well.
A Quiet Place, filmed entirely on film.
But man, look how good their faces look
when they're shot on classic film, it's beautiful.
Border, nominated for best make up, shot on Red.
As I mentioned before, Red cameras do an excellent job
of giving you that grundgy moody feels.
Watching all these films, I'm always amused
at how dark cinematographers are willing to shoot.
They're totally comfortable with majority
of the scene being in dark spectrum.
It's pretty cool, but yeah.
Another one for Red cameras.
Next up, Avengers Infinity War, shot on
Arri Alexa Imax, which is a modified version
of the Alexa 65, which we talked about
couple of times before and also some scenes
were filmed with the Red weapon and Helium.
So Arri Alexa and the Red.
Christopher Robin, shot on the Arri Alexa Mini,
SXT and Panavision film cameras.
That's pretty common to pair,
Arri Alexas with film cameras,
because if there's any digital camera that
looks as close as possible to traditional film
it's the Arri Alexa.
Ready Player One, the film directed by Steven Spielberg
and shot by Janus Kaminski.
Steven Spielberg, still huge fan of traditional film,
but he has accepted the Arri Alexa + into he's life.
So this is filmed partially on traditional film
with the Panavision XL2 and Arri Alexa +.
I gotta admit, I have not seen that many of these films.
I'm such a shit YouTuber, I'm talking about movies
most of them I haven't seen.
Solo: A Star Wars movie, I saw that one at least.
It was shot on Arri Alexa 65, Alexa Mini
and Alexa XT, good combination,
the 65 is kind of the beast camera
that got probably got the majority of the epic shots.
The XT for the sidekick and Alexa Mini
to tuck into small tight corners,
get those unique angles.
No idea if that's what they actually did,
but that's my guess.
(laughs)
Obviously, can't talk about any of the animated films,
because they're shot with computers.
But Isle of Dogs, I'm so glad to see that on list
that was a fantastic movie.
And it was stop motion, so basically just
a whole bunch of photographs stitched together
to make it look like it's moving
and that was shot on the Canon 1DX.
Let's look at the couple of the foreign films.
What are people doing across the world?
Capernaum, shot on Arri Alexa.
I actually had to google how to pronounce that,
because I was gonna say kapernaum!
(laughs)
That would have been embarrassing.
Never look Away, Arri Alexa XT Plus with Master Primes.
And Shoplifters, from my hometown, Japan!
It's not actually my hometown, biologically my hometown.
Combination, Alexa Mini and film.
There's also quite a few short film and documentaries
I wasn't able to find the information on.
But there's Free Solo, which is the NatGeo documentary.
Which was shot on the Canon C300 and
I think C300 might still be the best documentary camera
out there, the auto focus is phenomenal,
it's light weight, it's flexible,
you can take it and hang it off the side of the mountain
and it's gonna film just fine.
A battery will last all day,
piece of cake to shoot on,
looks beautiful, very powerful.
So let's sum everything up.
The unique camera was Canon 1DX and also C300,
although I bet the C300 was used for
a majority of the documentaroies,
I just couldn't find exactly.
But those C300's man, they're all over the place.
And then there was the Panavision DXL
which shot a movie and a majority of Mary Queen of Scots.
Red cameras were used to shoot two of the movies
and also partially used in two other films.
Classic film filmed five of the movies
and there were two films where it was
partially Arri Alexa and film.
And if you saw last years episode, this is no surprise
but 15 movies shot on the Arri Alexa.
Two movies shot with Arri and film
and one movies shot with Arri and Red.
Anyway let's close this of by reading
few comments from my last video,
which was all about Sony's new a6400,
4k, APS-C side sensor,
with a flip up screen, so potential vlog camera.
Let's see what you guys had to say.
Matti Haapoja said "Stuck at a mountain, just kidding
at office by myself, miss you."
Matti, I visited you in Toronto,
it is time for you to come visit Los Angeles.
DSL:R Video Shooter says "In a couple months
I'll see you on the other side my friend.
Rest in peace the 20s."
Almost happy 30th birthday.
I've been 30 for like three days so far
and it's been great.
Although the only thing that's really changed
is that I have to take a lot of
Tums and Pepcid before I drink.
So thanks to all my friends for visiting me
last night, I had a blast.
My 30s off to a amazing start.
"Happy bithday Tomato Jet."
(laughs)
I'm not a tomato, unless I forget to wear sunscreen.
"Happy birthday, welcome to the 30's club.
Kind of want to know how you got
that scar on your left arm."
Oh, yeah, this thing?
I was doing this jump on a snowboard
that I was not prepared to do and I
shattered my shoulder and I got very bad concussion.
Wear a helmet when you do an activity.
Even those bird scooters, you know those
bird and lime scooters that are getting popular.
Those things are dangerous and that
comes from me as a motorcyclist.
The problem with them is that they go fast but
they don't feel that dangerous.
But when you have that much speed, it's dangerous.
For anyone out there riding those things,
just be careful.
"Do you think Canon 80D is still worth it for 1000 bucks?
I'm a Filmmaking student."
That's a good question, it depends on
what are you trying to do.
For a filmmaker, probably not.
But I am doing a giveaway with my Canon 80D
fairly soon, because I am thinking about
trying to make all my videos 4k.
I'm pretty comfortable with shooting
with this camera in 4k, but when I'm vlogging
I'm probably still gonna shoot in HD,
'cause I don't want that camera to be
right up in my face and you guys seeing
every single wrinkle and pimple and
hair in nose that need to be trimmed.
"Tive me a heart."
(giggles)
Done.
"When's the giveaway?"
Which giveaway are you talking about?
I0ve given away a whole bunch of stuff.
(laughs)
But, yeah, here's the winner for one of them.
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