Koen Ooosthoek

I'm getting my hands on that!

Wow guys, I didn't know question developed in such a big topic, ha ha. David, thanks a lot for the explanations, after reading them thoroughly they enlightened me a lot. It's just that I'm pretty much a newbie concerning cinematography on the whole, which is why I sometimes have a hard time understanding such wonderful explanations.. Isn't there a very basic guide or anything out there which goes through all of these processes very slowly? Again, thanks a lot for all of the replies, I appreciate it.

First of all, thanks a lot for you reply. The first option seems pretty plain for me, although I don't really know what you're referring to with 'soundtrack area' at the Super35 option. The whole 3 and 4 perf process is still quite difficult for me to understand, but I'm still a learner ha ha.

Hi guys, As I understood, there are generally two types of films nowadays. The first one is the (super) 35mm films, in which the top and bottom of the frame will be cut, in order to achieve the 2:39:1 aspect ratio. The other option is to use an anamorphic camera which will stretch frame in order to 'squeeze' the frame later on, which will result in a true 2:39:1 aspect ratio, without wasting any parts of the frame. However, a friend told me that the 2:39:1 aspect ratio can also be achieved without an anamorphic camera, and also without cropping the frame. It has something to do with 'spherical negatives'. I tried to look this up on the internet, but I still don't quite understand the whole negative process around 35mm films. Could anyone elaborate on this?