The lunar camera also has other costs associated with it. It's cost in terms of dead weight and space on the ship. If you think of it, shipping costs to bring the camera to "set" (the moon) and back again would far exceed the cost of the camera itself. :-P
My friend was a camera operator. He was onset filming with a 100k ARRI, the dumb ass put the camera on the fender of his jeep. Fell off the fender. He career was over. Never worked again.
The camera falling into the chocolate is beyond worth repairing. Someone could take that thing apart down to the circuit level & fix it. Most of the parts just need a cleaning with most of it not easily damaged by even water because it’s a film camera not a digital camera. It’s mostly mechanical
I was at the panavision office in Calgary doing the IATSE camera trainee course when they got the word that the crew on the Revenant dropped a camera in a river up on a mountain.
My camera test in college used to be, if it can take being thrown down the stairs, in a case, it can be used. (I filmed alotta dangerous news stuff then) Sure enough the hvx200 survived multiple falls. Beast. But now, that alexa.... We could have some FUN.
Let us know if you have any other stories we can cover in the future about cinema cameras being destroyed! These are a bit hard to source unless someone got some footage of the event!
HOUSE OF WAX (2004) the entire set and studio burnt down. Several Panavision cameras, technocranes, massive amounts of lights etc all got destroyed. Millions of dollars damage
DEEP BLUE SEA (1999). More Panavision cameras were destroyed in a “dump test” when the SFX team miscalculated how much water was needed to flood the set in an instant. Many people were injured including cameramen who were hit by cameras impacted by the torrent of water
These incidents are a case of people with money more than cents, not taking care of their equipment. But then again I'm sure it happens to everyone. You can't make a good movie without breaking a few cameras. 😢
@@FrameVoyager I thought it was all shot on the Alexa for a long time, but I saw a BTS feature showing some being shot with 35mm film. I didn't realise until this some was shot in IMAX
@@FrameVoyager they did use an Alexa for part of TLJ, and I suspect they used Alexa Minis for drone shots during the desert sequence in tRoS, but apart from that it was film
I worked as a camera assistant for 8yrs and saw some painful damage. Worst one was on a TV movie where we were filming under rain towers. One of the crew was very proud of his expensive custom made camera rain cover. The rest of us weren't so convinced and stuck with our clear plastic bags, gaffer tape and bulldog clips for protecting our camera. Anywhere, we rolled on a big action sequence with gallons of water pouring down on us. The first AD called "Cut" then "check the gate" - this was in the 35mm film days when after every good take, the camera gate was checked to ensure it was clean of any debris that could have ruined the take. In this instance it was a 35mm Panavision Panaflex camera, very, vert expensive. The camera door was opened to check the gate and a river of water came cascading out despite the fancy custom made rain cover. We tried putting hair dryers on it, we wrapped it in a plastic bag and sent it back to the equipment house but it was already too late. Complete right-off.
Well, destroyed several myself... A big heavylifter drone i piloted just crashed out of nowhere (no bad piloting, just technical issue), which made for "only" 16K€ of loss, because hopefully it was just an A7S2 on the drone on that shoot. Also on another shoot the motor pilot who was driving me from places to places fell and had an accident with me on board, but we were only driving 20kmh/hours. I was holding my FS5 by hand. after cheking my body, i looked at the camera. It was on the ground, 10m behind, but there was 3 parts.... The lens was teared out of the camera, and the screen also....
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The lunar camera also has other costs associated with it. It's cost in terms of dead weight and space on the ship. If you think of it, shipping costs to bring the camera to "set" (the moon) and back again would far exceed the cost of the camera itself. :-P
oh for real haha. I just love him singing after he wrecked a multi-million dollar space camera
The Alexa that worked after being set on fire should be a selling point.
Oh, I'm pretty sure they bring it around with them to some trade shows and show it off at their facility lol
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My friend was a camera operator. He was onset filming with a 100k ARRI, the dumb ass put the camera on the fender of his jeep. Fell off the fender. He career was over. Never worked again.
Oooof, that's gotta hurt...
I can't believe you didn't make the most obvious joke in the beginning about the blackmagics being "expendable"
I think I got excited about that "pocket change" joke and didn't think about it haha
@FrameVoyager that was a good one too tho 😁. Nice video!
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The Alexa surving a fire is crazy those things are nearly undestructable
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The camera falling into the chocolate is beyond worth repairing. Someone could take that thing apart down to the circuit level & fix it. Most of the parts just need a cleaning with most of it not easily damaged by even water because it’s a film camera not a digital camera. It’s mostly mechanical
Fair! I'm not sure the lens survived tho 😂 I mean an IMAX camera survived a plane crash from Christopher Nolan so I think you're probably right
I'm sure there were plenty of destroyed cameras for Mad Max Fury Road
Oh, I'm sure. There might be another episode of this down the line
That’s just the ones you hear about… I’ve worked on one, in was a train fire for the film, a Arri 435 did not survive…
That thumbnail!
Just had to use it 😂😂😂
I was at the panavision office in Calgary doing the IATSE camera trainee course when they got the word that the crew on the Revenant dropped a camera in a river up on a mountain.
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My camera test in college used to be, if it can take being thrown down the stairs, in a case, it can be used. (I filmed alotta dangerous news stuff then) Sure enough the hvx200 survived multiple falls. Beast. But now, that alexa.... We could have some FUN.
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I enjoyed this episode thoroughly :)
hahaha glad to hear it!
I wonder if they lost any cameras in ‘temple of doom’.. where a nikon was first introduced… #water
Let us know if you have any other stories we can cover in the future about cinema cameras being destroyed! These are a bit hard to source unless someone got some footage of the event!
Everytime I destroyed a cellphone. Once per year. On average. Since 1998.
HOUSE OF WAX (2004) the entire set and studio burnt down. Several Panavision cameras, technocranes, massive amounts of lights etc all got destroyed. Millions of dollars damage
DEEP BLUE SEA (1999). More Panavision cameras were destroyed in a “dump test” when the SFX team miscalculated how much water was needed to flood the set in an instant. Many people were injured including cameramen who were hit by cameras impacted by the torrent of water
@@champagnesocialist9301 panavision taking some damage 👀
This stuff is expensive.
For real
Land of the dead car crash scene 😂
These incidents are a case of people with money more than cents, not taking care of their equipment. But then again I'm sure it happens to everyone. You can't make a good movie without breaking a few cameras. 😢
As Christopher Nolan says, "Treat an IMAX camera like a gopro"
very good video
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All the cheap action cams
I was enjoying this up until the Star Wars sequel hate. that wasn't necessary
That was a joke to set up the IMAX camera falling off a cliff 😂
@@FrameVoyager I thought it was all shot on the Alexa for a long time, but I saw a BTS feature showing some being shot with 35mm film. I didn't realise until this some was shot in IMAX
@@leonbrooke5587 oh yeah, pretty sure the whole trilogy was shot on film. They were going for that nostalgic feel
@@FrameVoyager they did use an Alexa for part of TLJ, and I suspect they used Alexa Minis for drone shots during the desert sequence in tRoS, but apart from that it was film
These destroyed cameras sound ABANDONED.
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Your intro needs a content warning 😂
For SO MANY reasons 😂😂😂
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Damn you fast!
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I worked as a camera assistant for 8yrs and saw some painful damage. Worst one was on a TV movie where we were filming under rain towers. One of the crew was very proud of his expensive custom made camera rain cover. The rest of us weren't so convinced and stuck with our clear plastic bags, gaffer tape and bulldog clips for protecting our camera. Anywhere, we rolled on a big action sequence with gallons of water pouring down on us. The first AD called "Cut" then "check the gate" - this was in the 35mm film days when after every good take, the camera gate was checked to ensure it was clean of any debris that could have ruined the take. In this instance it was a 35mm Panavision Panaflex camera, very, vert expensive. The camera door was opened to check the gate and a river of water came cascading out despite the fancy custom made rain cover. We tried putting hair dryers on it, we wrapped it in a plastic bag and sent it back to the equipment house but it was already too late. Complete right-off.
Damnnnnnnnnn, humbling moment right there haha
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Well, destroyed several myself... A big heavylifter drone i piloted just crashed out of nowhere (no bad piloting, just technical issue), which made for "only" 16K€ of loss, because hopefully it was just an A7S2 on the drone on that shoot. Also on another shoot the motor pilot who was driving me from places to places fell and had an accident with me on board, but we were only driving 20kmh/hours. I was holding my FS5 by hand. after cheking my body, i looked at the camera. It was on the ground, 10m behind, but there was 3 parts.... The lens was teared out of the camera, and the screen also....