Re: how to exploit miniDV ARTISTICALLY on the big screen?

Sometimes artifacts can be exploited. I saw "Crazy as Hell", shot in 24P HD framed for 2.35 and transferred to 35mm scope. Nicely shot, very rich lighting, art direction, etc. It takes place in a mental asylum. In one scene, a doctor runs into the room of a patient who is freaking out, attacking the orderlies, etc. The patient runs from one side of the room in normal light over to the other side, which has a window with sunlight coming through, but it is so clipped that not only is the window nearly invisible, but the entire wall is blinding white into which the patient almost disappears -- the doctor runs in and pulls the girl out of the blinding light and onto the floor (into normal exposure again). Now obviously the filmmakers could see how much the sunlight was burning out the frame, but they decided to use it to add to the nightmarish quality of the scene.