Alex Corn Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I've been hearing a lot about super-35 lately and I'm slightly confused as to what it is. As far as I can tell, it's 3-perf with the optical track being used for more image area, and it creates a native 1.85 aspect ratio. Is this correct? Are the advantages to this format just economical? What disadvantages are there? I'm sorry if this has already been discussed, I did a search on the forums and only came up with the topic when it came up in other conversations. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted April 20, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2006 Take a gander at this Wikipedia article. - nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Corn Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Take a gander at this Wikipedia article. - nathan That is extremely helpful, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 That is a good article Nathan. I was actually a little surprised to find that most of the films I have worked on in the past year are shooting Super 35, 4 perf with anamorphic framing. Most shoot with the lens centered and one used a common header. Even Scorsese's the Departed by Michael Ballhaus did it. The article suggests it is a good format for low budget productions, but it is a viable alternative to shooting anamorphic for any production. Ceratinly with Kodaks stock being so great these days (IMHO), a smaller negative area is not much of a factor. Best Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Nathan Milford Posted April 20, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2006 Right-o. I'm quite interested in 2-perf right now. I'm gearing up to shoot some tests at the moment comparing Scope, 2-perf, S35 and S16 w/ 2.35 extracted. The format uses roughly the same real estate as S35/2.35 and with modern lenses and stocks will yield results as good as S35/2.36 and the 50% stock/processing/dailies savings should help you on your way to a 2K D.I. - Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Let me know if you need some help. I am in the NYC area. I am very busy right now (as all of NYC is) so the more advance word the better. Weekends are best right now. Though 2 perf could be an option for filmmakers looking for cost savings, I would think most producers would want to protect the 4 perf area safe for 1.33 televisions even though the theatrical release was framed for scope. When I worked on the first two seasons of Sopranos they protected everything for what ever format turned up in the future. But hey I am not a producer so perhaps I am talking out of my ass. Best Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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