The Midwest Independent Film Festival, Zacuto and Canon present a live screening of camera assessment tests of "The Great Camera Shootout 2010!"

 

Tuesday, May 4th, 6:00 p.m.

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark

Your festival ticket grants you complimentary admission to this landmark event PLUS our film program!


These First Tuesday festivities are being presented by Canon!  We will have the full Canon line on hand for you to experience in-person then on the big screen compared to legendary 35mm film...

 
On Tuesday, May 4th, starting promptly at 6pm, Zacuto Films presents DSLR camera tests looking at resolution, green screen, color and simulated raw tests.  The Great Camera Shootout 2010 is a three-part web series where top performing HD DSLRs (Canon: 5D MKII, 7D, 1D, and 550D/T2i Rebel) face-off against legendary 35mm film.

After the screening, participate in a discussion with fellow filmmakers about the tests and the Convergence & DSLR filmmaking industry. This footage will be presented in Webisode 3 of the Great Camera Shootout. Past recording venues include the famous Skywalker Ranch, LucasFilms, Ltd. & AFI in Hollywood. Now is the time to be part of this groundbreaking web series which has attracted over 700,000 views. Webisode 3 launches Mid-May 2010 only at www.zacuto.com/Shootout.

All proceeds of admission go to the Midwest Independent Film Festival and include admission to the Chicago Premiere of Annabelle & Bear.  Purchase your tickets now then e-mail sue@zacuto.com for Canon/Zacuto Reserved Seating and we'll see you on the 4th!

  


  

Web Series Synopsis:
The Great Camera Shootout 2010 is a three-part web series produced by Zacuto Films featuring various controlled camera assessment tests which compares the image quality of top HD-DSLR cameras against the gold standard of 35mm film. The Great Camera Shootout 2010 Cast: Jens Bogehegn (Web Series Executive Producer), Robert Primes ASC (Director of Photography), Philip Bloom (DP/Color Profiles), Gary Adcock (Digerati), Ryan Emerson (Colorist) and Steve Weiss  (Web Series Director). Special appearances by Shane Hurlbut ASC, Stephen Goldblatt ASC,BSC, Stephen Lighthill ASC, Rick McCallum, Stu Maschwitz, David Wexler  and more. For more information and to watch full webisodes, visit http://www.zacuto.com/shootout.  

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