Damien Andre Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 LOTR is in a 2.40:1 aspect ratio, imdb says it was shot anamorphic. however it shows none of the artifacts I associate with anamorphic. but the image quality to my eyes looks to good to be a 2.40:1 crop. whats going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 2, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2011 LOTR is in a 2.40:1 aspect ratio, imdb says it was shot anamorphic. however it shows none of the artifacts I associate with anamorphic. but the image quality to my eyes looks to good to be a 2.40:1 crop. whats going on here? IMDB page correctly says that it was shot in Super-35: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/technical The release print format was scope (anamorphic) however since Super-35 is not a projection format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 2, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2011 More on Super-35: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted July 2, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2011 .... it shows none of the artifacts I associate with anamorphic. .... That would be consistent with it being shot flat Super 35, and the anamorphic release being created digitally in the DI. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Andre Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 i see, mustve read that wrong. in that case, im really surprised how good a 2.4:1 crop can look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Syverson Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Keep in mind that the films are heavily augmented with CG and aggressive DI treatments. What you're seeing is about as far from a "straight" crop from S35 as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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