Milk Run Restoration

[Metro-Dade Police]

Hey y'all,

I took a shot at restoring the flickering airport scene in Season 1 "Milk Run". 

Here is a before/after

And here's the final product. 

 

Enjoy 

Edited March 12, 2019 by Metro-Dade Police

[vicegirl85]

Looking good!!!

[chum981]

Well done, Metro-Dade Police!

Don't know how you did it!  I'm so used to the flickering in that scene

[summer84]

Good job! Also curious how you removed the flickering. 

[Metro-Dade Police]

Thank you for the great feedback! It was done using multiple techniques. For those who are interested, I used a plugin called FlickerFree combined with painting and averaging, hence the artefacts in the moving parts. 

 

Does anybody know what camera they used when filming the slow-mo scenes?

[pahonu]

55 minutes ago, Metro-Dade Police said:

Thank you for the great feedback! It was done using multiple techniques. For those who are interested, I used a plugin called FlickerFree combined with painting and averaging, hence the artefacts in the moving parts. 

 

Does anybody know what camera they used when filming the slow-mo scenes?

I can't tell you for certain, but Panaflex 35 mm cameras were ubiquitous in Hollywood productions from the 70's to 90's.  There were various models during those years.  They can be run at higher speeds to get the slow motion effect when played back at 24 fps.  They could also be run at slower speeds.  That was what was typically done in my experience.  They are quite loud when running at higher speeds and are not able to sync sound while doing so.

[Metro-Dade Police]

2 minutes ago, pahonu said:

I can't tell you for certain, but Panaflex 35 mm cameras were ubiquitous in Hollywood productions from the 70's to 90's.  There were various models during those years.  They can be run at higher speeds to get the slow motion effect when played back at 24 fps.  They could also be run at slower speeds.  That was what was typically done in my experience.  They are quite loud when running at higher speeds and are not able to sync sound while doing so.

Perhaps they used the Panastar which was able to shoot 120fps?

[Assasinge]

Damn not bad!

[Mr. Calderon]

I love that strobo

[OCBman]

One of the most memorable scenes in the entire series. Great job.

[BunMVO]

This is cool. Anyone here own the series in Blu-Ray?

[pahonu]

11 hours ago, Metro-Dade Police said:

 Perhaps they used the Panastar which was able to shoot 120fps?

I think the Panastar camera was specifically for shooting film without sound.  I don't recall ever seeing one used in my experience, limited as that is.  I do specifically recall the second unit that shot without sound specifically speeding up the fps for slow motion effect but using the Panaflex camera.  There are several of my posts over the years explaining my involvement in the production of Baywatch in the mid to early 90's.  I remember discussing it with C&B a few years back.  That production frequently used slow-motion montage scenes shot by the second unit without sound.  The second unit director I worked with was Fernando Castroman.  I don't recall seeing any other camera than the Panaflex.  The first unit DP I worked with was Jim Pergola and the sound mixer was Hal Whitby. 

[James]

Nice work! NBC Universal should've done this.