HowTheyShotThat:HerearetheCamerasUsedbythe2015Sundance

Filmmakers
How They Shot That: Here are the Cameras Used by the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers

Rosie Narasaki
Feb 3, 2015 10:32 am

InadvanceofthisyearsSundanceFilmFestival,Indiewiresentoutbriefquestionnairestoallof
thefilmmakers(youcanreadtheirfullanswersinourMeetthe2015SundanceFilmmakersseries).
Aspartofthequestionnaire,weaskedwhichcamera(s)theyshoton.

TheARRIALEXA,theREDEpicandvariousmodelsofCanonsweretherunawayfavorites,
butthefilmingmethodofchoiceranthegamutnameprettymuchanytypeofcamerayoucan
thinkof,andyoucanbetsomeoneuseditInfact,festivalfavorite"Submarine"wasshotusing
aniPhone.

READMORE:HeresWhatSundanceCinematographersThinkofShootingFilmVs.Digital

Asyoucansee,thevastmajorityoffilmmakersshotdigitally,butafewshoton35mm.Amongthe
filmsproducedonfilmwere"TheEndoftheTour,""MississippiGrind""AWalkintheWoods,"
"Christmas,Again,""DiggingforFire"and"Umrika,"amongothers.

Wevearrangedthismasterlistalphabeticallybycamerapleasenotethatsomefilmsused
multiplecameras,soyoullseeafewrepeatsasyoubrowse.
ARRICAM35mm
"MississippiGrind"

ARRIALEXA
"IAmMichael"
"TheNightmare"
"Cronies"
"SleepingwithOtherPeople"
"Homesick"
"People,Places,Things"
"Results"
"TheHallow"
"ItFollows"
"Dope"
"DarkHorse"
"MeandEarlandtheDyingGirl"
"Brooklyn"
"Strangerland"
 ARRI
ALEXAPlus
"Entertainment"

ARRIALEXAStudio
"Partisan"
"SongsMyBrotherTaughtMe"
"SeoulSearching"

BlackmagicCinemaCamera
"BeingEvel"

BlackmagicPocket
"DarkHorse"
"BobandtheTrees"
BlackmagicProductionCamera4k
"BeaverTrilogyPartIV"
"TheStrongestMan"

Bolex
"WhatHappened,MissSimone?"
"HowtoChangetheWorld"

ButtonholeCameras
"RacingExtinction"

CanonXHA1
"BeaverTrilogyPartIV"

Canon1DC
"SlowWest"
"TheNightmare"

Canon5D
"TheRussianWoodpecker"
"TheMaskYouLiveIn"
"BeaverTrilogyPartIV"
"InFootballWeTrust"
"CityofGold"
 Canon5D
MarkII
"WelcometoLeith"
"Meru"

Canon5DMarkIII
"TheOvernight"
"WelcometoLeith"

Canon7D
"TheSummerofSangaile"
"BeaverTrilogyPartIV"

CanonC100
"MostLikelytoSucceed"
"31/2Minutes"
CanonC300
"TheStrongestMan"
"PervertPark"
"HowtoDanceinOhio"
"CensoredVoices"
"CityofGold"
"MostLikelytoSucceed"

CanonC500
"TheOvernight"

GoPro
"WelcometoLeith"
"TheRussianWoodpecker"
"TheOvernight"

Hi8
"LarryKramerinLoveandAnger"

MiniDV
"LarryKramerinLoveandAnger"

PanasonicDVX100B
"Western"
PanasonicGH2
"TheSummerofSangaile"

PanasonicGH3
"TheRussianWoodpecker"

PanasonicHBX250
"TheSummerofSangaile"

PanasonicHCV
"Meru"

PanasonicVariCam
"TheBlackPanthers:VanguardsofaRevolution"
"TheEndoftheTour"

Panavision
MilleniumXL
"TheEndoftheTour"

Phantom
"TheVisit"

REDDragon
"TheExperimenter"
"TheStanfordPrisonExperiment"

REDEpic
"Princess"
"TakemetotheRiver"
"TheSummerofSangaile"
"TheBronze"
"ItFollows"
"TheDiaryofaTeenageGirl"
"H."
"TheVisit"
"Glassland"
"Meru"
"HowtoChangetheWorld"
"TurboKid"

REDOne
"Advantageous"
"Princess"

REDScarlet
"Advantageous"

SonyF5
"RacingExtinction"

SonyF55
"TheSummerofSangaile"
"Chorus"
"DarkHorse"
SonyFS100
"TheRussianWoodpecker"

SonyFS600
"TurboKid"

SonyFS700
"LarryKramerinLoveandAnger"
"TheAminaProfile"

SonyPDW800
"Dreamcatcher"

SonyRX100
"TheSummerofSangaile"

Super16
"Umrika"

Umatic
"LarryKramerinLoveandAnger"

35mm(Didntspecify)
"AWalkintheWoods"
"TrueStory"
VHS
"Sembene!"
"LarryKramerinLoveandAnger"