4K Movies Releases

[Penton-Man]

Re: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (BLLHW) to NY locals -

There will not be a standby line for the 6:00 pm screening. All other screenings (later Fri. night and on Sunday) will have a standby line which will form an hour prior to show time. Tickets sold to the standby line will be full-priced, cash only.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Re: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (BLLHW) to NY locals -

An additional screening added on Sunday, act fast, tickets on sale NOW….
http://purchase.filmlinc.org/single/...790f7c4d46b7ce

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Still no signs of a 4K DCP for "Inferno".

Bad news. The movie opens today here and it's confirmed as a 2K DCP

I know the movie had a budget not as big as the first two movies. Maybe that's why...

[Pieter V]

'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' also got a 2K DCP.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

NY locals

And not to worry you LA locals, you’ll get your chance too. As (follow up to last May’s exclusively posted insight )
the plan is on track ….and more for mainland China as well as Taiwan’s capital city.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...source=twitter

[RealorFake4K]

I guess this goes here....

It looks like the TV documentary series 'Planet Earth II' is going to the small screen in 4K. Everything was filmed in 4K and the BBC technically has 4K broadcasting capabilities (they've done it before). When the USA finally gets it (Discovery Channel?) either it will broadcast in 4K or at the very least stream from a 4K app.

Purely speculation, but this is a prime candidate for the first 4K TV disc.

---edit---

1080 trailer from BBC is below... oddly not in 4K

Planet Earth II: Trailer - BBC One - YouTube

[jono3000]

Originally Posted by RealorFake4K

I guess this goes here....

It looks like the TV documentary series 'Planet Earth II' is going to the small screen in 4K. Everything was filmed in 4K and the BBC technically has 4K broadcasting capabilities (they've done it before). When the USA finally gets it (Discovery Channel?) either it will broadcast in 4K or at the very least stream from a 4K app.

Purely speculation, but this is a prime candidate for the first 4K TV disc.

---edit---

1080 trailer from BBC is below... oddly not in 4K Planet Earth II: Trailer - BBC One - YouTube

Yep, it should look spectacular.

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[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by RealorFake4K

I guess this goes here....

It looks like the TV documentary series 'Planet Earth II' is going to the small screen in 4K. Everything was filmed in 4K and the BBC technically has 4K broadcasting capabilities (they've done it before). When the USA finally gets it (Discovery Channel?) either it will broadcast in 4K or at the very least stream from a 4K app.

Purely speculation, but this is a prime candidate for the first 4K TV disc.

Planet Earth II: Official Extended Trailer - BBC Earth - YouTube

For a few years now; BBC's policy is: everything must be standard in 4K.

4K DCP:



https://www.blu-ray.com/Im-Not-Ashamed/595878/

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Sitting with Dime in the front seat, the other sis being….

Kathryn (Kristen Stewart)

[Penton-Man]

THIS NERD MUST KNOW!!!
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...0#post12778939

[JustThatPenguin]

Originally Posted by MisterXDTV

Bad news. The movie opens today here and it's confirmed as a 2K DCP

I know the movie had a budget not as big as the first two movies. Maybe that's why...

That's very disappointing considering the first two have 4k masters.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by C.C. 95

Every "average" film goer I know - not only hated The Hobbit in HFR - they grilled me about what the technology was, so they could have a "name" for what they hated so much - so they could avoid it in the future....

With regards to the native format presentations of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk you can assign the temporary name - “the whole shebang”, gently informing your friends (especially the film purists among them)



because viewing 4K 3D 120fps imagery is easier than learning how to walk or ride a bicycle. Although for some the enjoyment may not be immediate….with time, fulfillment will eventually come due to how the human body functions. In non-scientific terms, pay special attention to the observation by Ang L. at timestamp 1min 18sec. -

'Billy Lynn' world premiere at NYFF: Ang Lee & cast on seeing the film for first time - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

mainland China

I’m interested in what Mr. Jianlin - http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/28/medi...-movie-studio/ has to say this evening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art event with regards to his further plans and aspirations in the movie making business.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Due to the 120fps acquisition, shooting Billy Lynn required 2½ times the amount more light than that for a typical motion picture. Comprehensive production report coming soon.

Until then, an info tidbit... an average of ~ 7.5 Terabytes of raw data was shot per day (that’s a lot !!! of data).

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I’m interested in what Mr. Jianlin - http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/28/medi...-movie-studio/ has to say this evening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art event with regards to his further plans and aspirations in the movie making business.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...billion-939003
Looking forward to hear about the precise prerequisites for “qualifying productions”.

[PeterTHX]

The new Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon UHD-BD is a BD-100 disc.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

The new Crouching Tiger / Hidden Dragon UHD-BD is a BD-100 disc.

Memm...reees….I recall discussing the master provided to SPHE for CTHD way back in ’08 and for fans not to get their hopes up for seeing the Blu-ray edition that year because so much on internet forums represents rumors, speculation and white noise rather than legitimate real information – https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ng#post1064227

Alas, given time, technology advances, with new restorations leading to the production of better masters and ultimately better deliverables. The indie press thing from yesterday for those unfamiliar with the movie -
http://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/cro...ng-1201737661/

Anyway, with regards to real BIG data transmission for display, DCPs are produced with an intra-frame compression algorithm known as JPEG2000 which are loaded onto the servers of your typical commercial movie theaters that utilize a hard drive system that transmits the data (the movie) to the projector(s), but

for “the whole shebang” presentations of Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, his latest motion picture, fast solid state drives enabling a total server capacity of 48.2 TeraBytes feed the projectors uncompressed 4:2:2, 10 bit DPX files. For a rudimentary depiction of the system, Benjamin’s sketch will do…

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

^ Is member 'Zoet' ?sp still around? I wonder if he’s attending and scored a ticket.

Bluray is up this year so he is having some time off!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

As to what’s happening on the TV side of things with regards to HFR (100/120 fps), the goal (quite ambitious I might add) by some Europeans is to have, by June 2017, a live 4K, HDR, HFR demo thereby having shown solved production, transmission and display impediments for this combined set of advanced video parameters.

Especially for sports, HFR is valuable because with traditional broadcast frame rates, the action is jerky or blurry and even when you select the motion interpolation mode of current consumer TVs, there can be a tendency to lose image detail. For example, in a presentation used by some in the industry to demonstrate the fallibility of the best motion interpolation, there is a clip from a track meet showing a javelin disappearing while flying thru the air over a grassy field.

This needs to be left well alone for film Penton man. We don't need it. Sport may be different. It's bad enough Digital is replacing film without this. The first review I have read states it actually takes away from th experience rather than enhances it. It worries me that James Cameron is considering shooting at 60 FPS for Avatar 2. It might sound selfish but I hope the audience turn away in droves from HFR.

(Rare occasion I disagree with you! )

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

The first review I have read states it actually takes away from th experience rather than enhances it....

I’m not surprised if there are/will be numerous reviews condemning BLLHW or tilting toward a negative stance about the native format presentation because for some, a period of adaptation (watching many films shot and post produced this way) will be required for movie purists to adjust to the new visual experience. I feel this movie critic from Variety gets it .

Because of years long classical conditioning to 24fps, I initially held your anti- sentiment too, but I’m starting to come around to craving clarity above all else in sports as well as dramatic content.

For example, on certain nights my wife and I watch a few TV shows (which shall remain nameless) back to back. The first show is shot in a way which is pretty much crystal clear, whereas the next show we watch is shot with the same type cameras at the same fps and shutter, but is purposely diffused or softened up in order to give it more of a filmic look due to artistic preference by the creator.

Although we generally like the plots and characters of both shows equally, both of us find ourselves less comfortable with the 2nd show because we ‘struggle’ more visually with it. It’s almost like struggling to read the lowermost line on an eye chart when you just can’t make out the letters. IMO, that effort actually takes away from the experience rather than the artistic intent to enhance it. Of all the cinephile food groups, I think the RED camera folks probably appreciate this (the fact that you can’t beat detail and clarity) the most....and for that I must tip my hat to them.