When nominations come out, by now you know the drill: One day we talk about who’s in the running for the gold, and the next day we talk about the cameras used to get them there. We’ve done it with Oscar, and now it’s Emmy’s turn.
It’s no secret that film and television are two different animals. And while both have found themselves caught up in the digital revolution, there is a cadre of rebellious film directors who have enough clout to persuade studios to let them continue to shoot on celluloid. That’s very rare in the world of TV, where the digital cinema camera and its smaller cousins (DSLR, etc.), have been a godsend for tighter schedules and lower budgets. So here’s a list of the cameras used in this year’s Emmy nominated series and made for TV movies:
Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle does the same thing. And according to Mr. Robot‘s AMA on Reddit, the series also shoots on the RED EPIC DRAGON. Other series shot on RED include The Night Manager, and although they weren’t nominated, Netflix’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Longmire series (this season was gorgeous to watch) are filmed with RED cameras. RED even keeps a rather complete list over at RED.com/Shot-on-red/television.Many series love to shoot on the 6K RED DRAGON platform. David Fincher’s, House of Cards, for instance, has been filmed on RED from the beginning, since Netflix committed to 4K after its freshman season, and have since gone 6K with DRAGON. Are they going to move on to WEAPON? I don’t know. Is there a need?
Last year’s Emmy surprise, Transparent, uses Canon’s C500, with a 4K finish by LightIron. Portlandia began their series run with the Canon 5D Mk. II, but has since transitioned to the C300.But RED isn’t the only camera platform that serial cinematographers love. ARRI’s variety of ALEXA cameras are very popular with shows like Bates Motel, Gotham and Downton Abbey. The Americans shoot with two ARRI ALEXAs and two ALEXA PLUS cameras. This year’s 2nd highest nomination getter, The People vs. OJ Simpson also filmed with ARRI. And while Netflix just loves its REDs, Orange is the New Black is shot at 1.79-1 using an ARRI ALEXA.
And though many reality-based programs use the Canon Cinema series platform, many simply couldn’t be made without GoPros. The Amazing Race, for instance, uses more GoPros than you can shake a stick at.Then there are the series that take the hybrid approach, where A and B cameras could be a mix of ARRIs and REDs. As I’m certain the color graders just love that, series like Game of Thrones, and Homeland like to take this approach. Although it seems that most use the ARRI ALEXA as their main A camera, with the RED EPIC singing backup with the B cameras.
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS)
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