At a recent event at 20th
Century Fox, where the studio brought out the Deadpool’s director Tim
Miller and colorist Tim Stipan to chat about their experience putting the film
together for a Ultra High-Def (UHD) Blu-ray Disc release.
The team spent weeks
making sure the film took advantage of the advanced audio codecs and high
dynamic range (HDR_ technologies offered by the next-gen home entertainment
disc format. And it sounded like they had fun doing it.
“The UHD especially was
just [expletive] amazing with the level of detail,” Miller said. “I noticed as
I went through it, it just kept getting better and better. If you had a bad
hair [stylist] on set, this format isn’t for you.”
Stipan said the inclusion
of HDR is what makes UHD Blu-ray worth the upgrade for consumers, instead of
just more pixels offered in 4K video. With HDR, filmmakers can see more of
what the camera has captured, and in turn, the consumers get to see it as well,
he said.
Compared the arrival of UHD Blu-ray to the upgrade of Blu-ray video
compared to DVD, Stipan called UHD BD “the wave of the future. I felt like
every time we were going through it, we were seeing more and more. It allowed
me to be better at my job.”
Danny Kaye, EVP of global
research and technology strategy for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, said
that the quality of Deadpool on UHD Blu-ray — and other films the studio is
releasing on the format — is a result of the work out the studio’s Fox
Innovation Lab, which tests the best possible audio and video technologies far
in advance of home entertainment releases.
“We at Fox are dedicated to creating these new
technologies aimed at giving [consumers] the best possible viewing experience,”
Kaye said.
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