SankarKrishna Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 hi Can you please tell me what is the screening format in the Movie theaters here. Is that 35mm or Cinemascope? You can also email me at skrishnaswamy@ercot.com Thanks Krishna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted September 22, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 22, 2004 CinemaScope IS 35mm... 35mm projection in first-run theaters mainly comes in just two types: matted widescreen using spherical lenses (usually the sound aperture is matted to 1.85 : 1) or anamorphic widescreen (CinemaScope), which is 2.39 : 1 when unsqueezed by the anamorphic projector lenses. Most theatrical releases are one or the other, and the ratio is about 50/50 so all theaters can show either. A few art house cinemas and museums can show the barely matted, non-widescreen, 1.37 : 1 Academy Aperture 35mm format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWilliamPatrickB Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 hi Can you please tell me what is the screening format in the Movie theaters here. Is that 35mm or Cinemascope? You can also email me at skrishnaswamy@ercot.com Thanks Krishna <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For the most part the "format" is 35mm in 185 or anamorphic 2.40:1 some super 35 (it has no set standard and consequently you must shoot a framing leader as with 3 perf and check with your lab) At present not too much is done in 65mm for 70 release GWPB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I know this does not concern me. But I must ask, Is'nt standard american widescreen 1:1.85 and European wide screen 2.39 : 1? I know all my local theaters has 1:1.85 screen's. Would'nt that mean that to project 2.39:1 would mean that you would only be using the center portion of the 1:1.85 screen's? Please, Someone clear this up for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted October 20, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 20, 2004 Hi, Your local theatres almost certainly have variable masking which accomodates either 2.39 or 1.85. Both formats are commonly shown worldwide. Only if you want to project Academy ratio (1.33 or so) or 16mm native 1.66 will you usually have problems, and even then it's not hard to find a place that'll fudge some kind of solution with black flats (We projected Academy last night.) Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Ok, what is the difference between 2.35: 1 and 2.39: 1? I just read IMDB's tech info on Anamorphic photography, and it appears that a lot of shows that I've seen in my theaters where shot Anamorphic. But yet the fit in the 1:1.85 screen fine. Is what your saying where the basically just "Chop" off the sides of the 2.39: 1 image when projected to get a 1:1.85 image out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted October 20, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 20, 2004 The screen generally has moveable black side panels to allow scope or flat projection, so you might think they are fitting both formats onto one sized screen when actually the screen has been resized before you come into the theaters (since scope movies are preceded by scope trailers.) Scope projection is currently 2.39 : 1; however, it varies from theater to theater from 2.20 to 2.39. I've seen it as bad as 2.00 : 1 (with 1.85 films chopped top & bottom to fit 2.00 : 1 as well) but only in the smallest screen of a huge multiplex. On average, most theaters will show most of the scope frame. More often, the problem is with 1.85 films, which sometimes get shown miscentered vertically, showing mic booms, etc. 2.39 scope prints can't be too vertically misframed because there is so little space between each frame, unlike 1.85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 They don't chop anything off. If they are, complain big time. Next time you go to the theatre notice that the shape of the screen changes. Theatres have moveable curtains around the screen and they change its shape to fit either 1.85 or 2.40. I see David beat me to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landon D. Parks Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Ahhhh, ok. I have never really noticed the difference in size of the screen's. But that explains how it's done. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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