Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:12 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that the first scripted series focusing on tabletop roleplaying games, “The Game,” was shot using Blackmagic Design cameras. The project was also edited and color graded using DaVinci Resolve Studio.
“The Game” follows Brandon, a gamer who has been obsessed with all things tabletop fantasy since he was 15. But when his girlfriend cheats on him with his brother, leaving him a fragile shell of a man, he puts out a Craigslist ad for an ordinary group of roleplaying nerds. Instead, he stumbles upon five questionably stable misfits. Created by Matt Curtin and Lauren Henning, and directed by Amanda Sonnenschein, “The Game” takes place half in the real world and half in a fantasy gameplay world.
Early in the process of pre production, Sonnenschein connected with cinematographer Merlin Showalter and began to design the visual aesthetic for the series. “Since the project is this unique hybrid of single camera comedy and fantasy epic, it was really important to me that we cultivated distinct visual styles for each,” said Sonnenschein. “In order to differentiate our worlds, we decided to shoot our fantasy sequences with anamorphic lenses and a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, while using spherical lenses for the non game portions, which we shot like a single camera comedy show.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0230217-01
“The Game” follows Brandon, a gamer who has been obsessed with all things tabletop fantasy since he was 15. But when his girlfriend cheats on him with his brother, leaving him a fragile shell of a man, he puts out a Craigslist ad for an ordinary group of roleplaying nerds. Instead, he stumbles upon five questionably stable misfits. Created by Matt Curtin and Lauren Henning, and directed by Amanda Sonnenschein, “The Game” takes place half in the real world and half in a fantasy gameplay world.
Early in the process of pre production, Sonnenschein connected with cinematographer Merlin Showalter and began to design the visual aesthetic for the series. “Since the project is this unique hybrid of single camera comedy and fantasy epic, it was really important to me that we cultivated distinct visual styles for each,” said Sonnenschein. “In order to differentiate our worlds, we decided to shoot our fantasy sequences with anamorphic lenses and a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, while using spherical lenses for the non game portions, which we shot like a single camera comedy show.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0230217-01