Herman John Bolung Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 hi everyone, i need some information about the standart cinema projection format. is it the same all over the world? say i shot a movie in 1.66 (super 16) 0r 2.35 can i stay with the format and print for teather or i have to change to, say 1.85. i know this may sound stupid but there's to many format out there that i got lost. thank a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted September 30, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 30, 2004 There are only two common 35mm theatrical projection formats: matted widescreen and anamorphic widescreen. Matted widescreen means that the projector uses a mask to crop the top and bottom of the spherical (flat) image. 1.85 is the most common matte used; you can shoot and compose for 1.66 matted projection, but odds are that a lot of theaters will use a 1.85 matte when projecting it because they don't have 1.66 mattes and don't have the ability to expand the screen borders vertically to handle the less-matted image. Some art house cinemas will show a movie with a 1.66 projector matte if that's what the print instructs, but that's because they are set-up to show a wide variety of formats, including the classic 1.37 Academy format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman John Bolung Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 is it fair to say that most feature film is printed 1.85 for theater release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 is it fair to say that most feature film is printed 1.85 for theater release? very roughly half the features are shot anamorphic, 2.39:1, and the other half are widescreen, which is officially 1.85:1, flat (in other words, spherical lenses, not anamorphic). However, these are usually exposed to cover the entire negative area (1.37:1), but framed for 1.85:1. So if they are screened with a 1.85:1 projector mask, that's what you get, but if they are screened with a higher mask (1.66:1 or even 1.37:1), you get that on the screen. In other words, there is image information on the filmabove and below the 1.85:1 mask that ought to be cut off but can be projected if the mask doesn't cut it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman John Bolung Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 thank's everyone i really appreciate all the info. this forum rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted October 4, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted October 4, 2004 thank's everyone i really appreciate all the info. this forum rocks! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here are some articles that I wrote about formats and composition: http://www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en...composition.pdf http://www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en...k/apertures.pdf http://www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en...ytlak/70mm1.pdf http://www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en...ytlak/70mm2.pdf And of course, formats are discussed on Marty Hart's "American Widescreen Museum": http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman John Bolung Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 and ofcourse john, with the info and refference never fail to impress. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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