WHere can i see Siva-Ji the boss in 4K digital
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can anyone tell me where or which SG cinema can show 4k Digital resolution?
'Sivaji' - first Indian film to incorporate 4K resolution
By Papri Sri Raman, Chennai, June 14: Ranjikant's much hyped "Sivaji: The Boss", which opens Friday, is the first Indian film to incorporate the latest 4K resolution technology that is used only on big-budget Hollywood films.
In India, 2K resolution for digital intermediate (DI) is the set standard. Around 400 of the 2,900 prints of "Sivaji" have been made in digital format by Prasad EFX, one of the largest digital post-production studios in India. The studio has colour graded and post-produced the film.
Till recently, digital grading in India was done on a small monitor or by a low-end projector and screen.
Major Hollywood studios, however, allow cinematographers to see images being graded in high resolution on the big screen. Detailed attention is thus paid to selectively colour grade smaller areas in a frame or shot.
Scanning the entire feature film in 4K resolution requires huge storage space and powerful graphics capability. A single frame scanned in 2K occupies about 12 mb space while a 4K image would occupy 4 times more (48 mb).
For these reasons, scanning in 4K for an entire DI feature film has never been done in India till now.
Considering the superior imagery that has been cinematographed by K.V. Anand for "Sivaji", the processor for the film, Prasad group, felt that 4K would do justice to the film by enhancing its digital image quality and flexibility in colour grading.
AVM, the producers of "Sivaji", have also gone ahead with the process considering the advantage it would have despite an increase in the cost of production.
"By routing the entire film through the 4K pipeline for the DI process, we can be certain that none of the details available in the celluloid film are lost," Madhu of Prasad EFX said.
"Another advantage is that when we can scale up the images during the post and graphics processes, the image will not go soft or lead to any artefacts. As a 4K image has larger resolution, we can also have unlimited freedom in manipulating the colours during grading," he added.
"Our meticulously colour calibrated environment ensures that what the cinematographers see in our facility is what is actually seen by people in the theatres."
The entire 4K DI process was done in Prasad EFX's Chennai facility, using high-end scanners, film recorders and colour grading suites.
Prasad simultaneously worked on around 85 percent of the VFX, or graphics, in "Sivaji", also in 4K resolutions.
In the recent past, Prasad EFX has worked on the DI and colour grading of mega budget Bollywood movies like "Krrish" and "Rang De Basanti".
The group has also upgraded their DI facility in Mumbai by including a digital theatrical projection system and a high-end Barco Projector D-Cine Premiere DP100 to their existing facilities.
The 26 ft x 40 ft theatre is located in the Prasad EFX facility at Andheri West, Mumbai, and is equipped with 5.1 surround sound.
Prasad EFX won several prestigious awards -- Filmfare, Screen, Zee Technical, Broadcast India, and at the recently held International Indian Film Academy at Yorkshire -- for "Krrish".
The company has been a pioneer in bringing in new technologies and sophisticated equipment to India.
Prasad EFX is an arm of the 50-year-old Prasad Group, which has facilities and offices across India, Singapore, Dubai and Hollywood and is one of Asia's largest post-production groups -
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anyone know where?
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this i think its the first 4k digital movie in SG now.
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Originally posted by sivaji the boss:this i think its the first 4k digital movie in SG now.
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In iNDIA IT IS SHOWN IN 4K DIGITAL.
They have over 130 screens of e-cinema quality servers and projectors in India. So, that's on top of the 230 digital cinema quality.
eng wah i think shows only 2k digital.
which means only GV vivocity and shaw bugis I HEARD can show this movie in 4K...
THATS HOW BACKDATED HERE. -
tat's good! go india and watch!Originally posted by sivaji the boss:In iNDIA IT IS SHOWN IN 4K DIGITAL.
They have over 130 screens of e-cinema quality servers and projectors in India. So, that's on top of the 230 digital cinema quality.
eng wah i think shows only 2k digital.
which means only GV vivocity and shaw bugis I HEARD can show this movie in 4K...
THATS HOW BACKDATED HERE. -
tamago lol -
Actually its part of the marketing hype for the movie.
rendering the movie in 4K ensures its salebility value even after its box office run as 4K is still new technology. -
Originally posted by sivaji the boss:Actually its part of the marketing hype for the movie.
rendering the movie in 4K ensures its salebility value even after its box office run as 4K is still new technology. -
a viewer's expereince of 4K res of Sivaji the boss
The 4k resolution was used for the DI because the film is loaded with special effects. The wire work done in the action sequences is quite phenomenal, also because it is choreographed and edited very well.
As for the other post effects, some work and look very real, and some you can quite clearly tell the difference in the resolution and texture between what is CG and what is live action film. So in terms of the special effects alone, i would say the money spent on the 4k resolution could have been utilized a little better to make the effects more seamless.
Effects aside, from a coloring point of view, the look of the film is just phenomenal. Starting with the beginning where they have mixtures of black and white plus color in the same frame, or the colorization in the songs to bring out the details in Thotta Tharani’s beautiful sets is exceptional. Very well done. -
Originally posted by sivaji the boss:
[b]a viewer's expereince of 4K res of Sivaji the boss
The 4k resolution was used for the DI because the film is loaded with special effects. The wire work done in the action sequences is quite phenomenal, also because it is choreographed and edited very well.
As for the other post effects, some work and look very real, and some you can quite clearly tell the difference in the resolution and texture between what is CG and what is live action film. So in terms of the special effects alone, i would say the money spent on the 4k resolution could have been utilized a little better to make the effects more seamless.
Effects aside, from a coloring point of view, the look of the film is just phenomenal. Starting with the beginning where they have mixtures of black and white plus color in the same frame, or the colorization in the songs to bring out the details in Thotta Tharani’s beautiful sets is exceptional. Very well done.[/b]
i laughed at all ur posts
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hey hi clone from india....
we got china and india clones liao
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MUMBAI: If Rajinikant fans found their screen idol's complexion a tad fairer in Sivaji- the Boss than he normally is, digital grafting was responsible for it.
Indian Artists' team of 25 technicians worked for a year on the six-minute style song, where Rajini's complexion appears fairer.
Says VFX artist Srini who worked on the process, "Director Shanker wanted to change Rajini's wheatish complexion to a white European complexion. As a VFX company, this was a challenging task for us because nobody has executed this type of concept in the world."
The team did an in-depth study of the European complexion and arrived at certain conclusions. "We found that white skin reflects more light and has less shadow when compared to dark skin and is translucent in some areas. Therefore a simple color correction of the hero's skin would not achieve the desired effect," says Srini.
"For the shoot, we used an English lady with a fair complexion and flushed cheeks. With the help of cinematographer K.V.Anand every single shot of Rajini was repeated with her because lighting conditions change in every shot. After the final edit all the 630 hero shots and 630 girl shots were scanned in 4K resolution. Each of the 9000 scanned frames ware rotoscoped to separate the body parts (face, hands, legs etc.). The white lady's skin was mapped onto the Super Star's image using Eyeon digital fusion software," he says.
There were two difficult aspects in this project. One was matching the girl's action with the hero's action and the second was matching both of their body proportions during mapping. -
Originally posted by sivaji the boss:http://www.indiantelevision.com/images17/shivaji_logo.jpg
MUMBAI: If Rajinikant fans found their screen idol's complexion a tad fairer in Sivaji- the Boss than he normally is, digital grafting was responsible for it.
Indian Artists' team of 25 technicians worked for a year on the six-minute style song, where Rajini's complexion appears fairer.
Says VFX artist Srini who worked on the process, "Director Shanker wanted to change Rajini's wheatish complexion to a white European complexion. As a VFX company, this was a challenging task for us because nobody has executed this type of concept in the world."
http://www.indiantelevision.com/images17/shivaji_2.jpg
The team did an in-depth study of the European complexion and arrived at certain conclusions. "We found that white skin reflects more light and has less shadow when compared to dark skin and is translucent in some areas. Therefore a simple color correction of the hero's skin would not achieve the desired effect," says Srini.
http://www.indiantelevision.com/images17/shivaji_1.jpg
"For the shoot, we used an English lady with a fair complexion and flushed cheeks. With the help of cinematographer K.V.Anand every single shot of Rajini was repeated with her because lighting conditions change in every shot. After the final edit all the 630 hero shots and 630 girl shots were scanned in 4K resolution. Each of the 9000 scanned frames ware rotoscoped to separate the body parts (face, hands, legs etc.). The white lady's skin was mapped onto the Super Star's image using Eyeon digital fusion software," he says.
There were two difficult aspects in this project. One was matching the girl's action with the hero's action and the second was matching both of their body proportions during mapping. -
i thought cinemas only have 3K now haha.
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Go and watch in jb
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they dunt have digital projectors over there yet.Originally posted by vampier_commander:Go and watch in jb -
4k is still ver new...Sivaji the boss is rendered in 4K digital.Originally posted by aiglosicicle:i thought cinemas only have 3K now haha.
Crsip clear quality and the highest resolution yet.. -
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