I'm not really a purveyor of HBO, since it costs me some extra green on an already too-high cable bill, but HBO's new 'House Arrest!' about Chris Columbo was shot entirely on HDV! The documentarian, Jon Alpert, says he went to Columbo's house to shoot some screen-test footage for the project, but then wound up staying and shot an entire episode's worth of footage on his Sony HVR-Z1U. For me, the jury is still out on the HVR-Z1U (mainly because I haven't been able to use it in extended periods yet,) but regardless, low budget docu-comedy making hitting the small screen.HDV used for HBO Documentary-Comedy
I'm not really a purveyor of HBO, since it costs me some extra green on an already too-high cable bill, but HBO's new 'House Arrest!' about Chris Columbo was shot entirely on HDV! The documentarian, Jon Alpert, says he went to Columbo's house to shoot some screen-test footage for the project, but then wound up staying and shot an entire episode's worth of footage on his Sony HVR-Z1U. For me, the jury is still out on the HVR-Z1U (mainly because I haven't been able to use it in extended periods yet,) but regardless, low budget docu-comedy making hitting the small screen.
