Steven Soderbergh on Blu-ray

[Mister_Kidd]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

I did a search. More information has come out about Soderbergh's methods
on NO SUDDEN MOVE. He shot it on the RED Monstro 8K with a modified
sensor using anamorphic Kowa lenses. Interesting report that didn't come
up in a previous search:

NO SUDDEN MOVE's LUSH LOOK

And a fish eye on like 95% of the movie.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

And a fish eye on like 95% of the movie.

A 40mm Kowa anamorphic lens isn't a fisheye.

“We were shooting on the RED Monstro sensor with very intense anamorphics. The lens coverage on the sensor was not entirely designed to cover the widest edges of the frame, there was very intense distortion at the far right and left edges of the frame and the initial framing had that cropped out. But when Steven saw how the optics were interacting with the image, he loved it, and was like, ‘Oh, I want to include that.’ So we actually widened out the image masking, and included those side parts, where there was very intense lens distortion. You got these really wild effects as the camera pans around bending the picture.

[Mister_Kidd]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

A 40mm Kowa anamorphic lens isn't a fisheye.

“We were shooting on the RED Monstro sensor with very intense anamorphics. The lens coverage on the sensor was not entirely designed to cover the widest edges of the frame, there was very intense distortion at the far right and left edges of the frame and the initial framing had that cropped out. But when Steven saw how the optics were interacting with the image, he loved it, and was like, ‘Oh, I want to include that.’ So we actually widened out the image masking, and included those side parts, where there was very intense lens distortion. You got these really wild effects as the camera pans around bending the picture.

Disagree with his assessment of “how the optics were interacting with the image.” I found it distracting and awkward. Of course he’s a professional director and I’m just some dude on a message board, so who knows?

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

Disagree with his assessment of “how the optics were interacting with the image.” I found it distracting and awkward. Of course he’s a professional director and I’m just some dude on a message board, so who knows?

Didn't really bother me, and I generally hate the true fisheye look of some of the Gilliam films like Twelve Monkeys. Apparently he used a lens that was common in shooting 50s pulp films to give it that true vintage look, but when he widened the masking to show the distorted edges, it kind of killed that vibe.