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Mi Ki

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  1. Steven Spielberg once said: "The cinematographers whom I admire most are the ones whose style I can't recognize from film to film. There are cinematographers who I could tell you in the first reel who it is without seeing the credits. There are others who remain full of surprises by always changing outward persona through allowing the story to suggest the visual style, not the other way around."

     

    What do you think about that? Are there any great cinematographers without distinctive style?

  2. This excerpt was from from a small section about controversial aspects of films on Blu-ray which are:

    1) unseen limitations with the source material are revealed when viewing films in HD

    2) presence of film grain (sometimes eradicated by terrible digital noise reduction)

  3. I am reading a book "A Light Affliction: a History of Film Preservation and Restoration" which says: During preparation for the Blu-ray release of The Wizard of Oz, technicians at Warners became aware that wire-work used for the Cowardly Lions tail and the winged monkeys would be clearly visible on the discs. The restorers sought the advice of Robert A. Harris who responded, "If 1939 audiences didnt see that wires when they saw the film in theatres, then present day audience shouldnt see them on Blu-ray".


    My question is: how is it possible that you can you see some details on HD which you cant see on the original film? This doesnt make sense to me. 35mm film has much higher resolution than HD, right?

  4. I also mean the type of shot that challenged what had been experienced before (unusually lit, composed, postprocessed etc.).... I will give you an example - lens flares was typicaly avoided in moveis, but after Easy Rider many cinematographers use them regularly. Nestor Almendros was almost fired from Days of Heaven, because he constantly asked to turn offthe lights crew prepared for him, but then he won an Oscar for it. Any other examples? What are the most daring shots you saw in movies?

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