Sky One announced that its award-winning original “Das Boot” season 3, will be shot and delivered in 8K, with the Dolby Atmos soundscape. This unprecedented technological achievement is made possible with the help of Samsung and thus making this TV series to be the first to offer a true 8K viewing experience.
Das Boot: Shot on ALEXA Mini
Das Boot is a German television series produced for Sky One and a sequel to the feature Das Boot (1981). For those who are not familiar with Sky One, it’s an entertainment channel operated and owned by Sky Deutschland. The TV channel launched in Germany and Austria in 2016. The production company is Bavaria Fiction which will produce a third season of the series for Sky Studios. The first two seasons of Das Boot are available in 4K resolution. The series is about an inexperienced U-boat (German submarine) crew who has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama. Directors of Photography of the first two seasons were David Luther, who received the German TV Award and the German Camera Award for his work on the first season of “Das Boot” and Philipp Blaubach. The cameras behind the past seasons were ALEXA Mini and Mini LF.
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The world’s first 8K TV series
For the third season, Sky Studios in partnership with Bavaria Fiction will be moving to 8K production. It will also feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, which makes “Das Boot” season 3 the first series worldwide to be watched in 8K and Dolby Atmos. The announcement was further detailed in a mutual press letter released by Sky Studios and Bavaria Fiction. According to the production companies, this technological millstone will be possible due to a partnership with Samsung, which is well familiar with its unexplainable drive for 8K imagery. “’Das Boot’ is the first international series to be produced in 8k and Dolby Atmos. Thanks to the new cooperation with Samsung and the long-standing partnerships with Dolby and of course Sky Studios, we are very excited to produce the third season of ‘Das Boot’ using the ultimate, state-of-the-art technology” said Moritz Polter and Jan S. Kaiser, executive producers of the series at Bavaria Fiction. As for Samsung, Mike Henkelmann, Director Marketing Consumer Electronics states: “With 8K technology, we are truly pioneering high-definition imaging technology and offering both filmmakers and viewers unprecedented image quality. We are convinced that the gripping story of “Das Boot” will take full advantage of the technology and that Sky and Samsung will be able to offer viewers a very special experience.”
‘Das Boot’ is the first international series to be produced in 8k and Dolby Atmos. Thanks to the new cooperation with Samsung and the long-standing partnerships with Dolby and of course Sky Studios, we are very excited to produce the third season of ‘Das Boot’ using the ultimate, state-of-the-art technology.
Moritz Polter and Jan S. Kaiser, executive producers of the series at Bavaria Fiction
Final thoughts
There are no details yet regarding the cameras that will shoot season 3, nor for the initiation of the principal photography. 8K cameras are not new in the streaming world, which is dominated by RED (at least on Netflix). However, you don’t have to shoot 8K in order to deliver 8K. If the imagery is pure enough, it can be upscaled to be screened even on IMAX. Nevertheless, we’ll continue and update you in regard, so stay tuned.
