So, if The Dark Knight was shot in Imax...

[WriteSimply]

No point, because Nolan seems to WANT to shoot in Imax but probably didn't get the budget to do the whole thing in Imax. And of course it's really expensive. So he gets six scenes. Warner will probably do it like Superman Returns (2D to 3D) though the technique to transition from 2.35 1:1 is going to jar audiences.

Unlike other Imax-originated films, I believe the final result in BD will be 2.35 only - IE the Imax scenes will be cropped to conform to the rest of the movie.


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[Deciazulado]

I would imagine they'll shoot the IMAX negative (1.40) scenes protecting for the regular 35mm anamorphic print's 2.39 aspect ratio. (Also, when 35mm Scope ratio films are blown up and shown in IMAX they're usually letterboxed inside the IMAX print anyway.)

To transfer the IMAX-shot 70mm wide image segment into the 21mm wide image area of an anamorphic 35mm print is just then a matter of optically reducing it. (Or these days, digitally)

[Bizi Jones]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

...(Also, when 35mm Scope ratio films are blown up and shown in IMAX they're usually letterboxed inside the IMAX print anyway.)

yeh I noticed that with I Am Legend...(1st time in IMAX)

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

No point...So he gets six scenes. Warner will probably do it like Superman Returns (2D to 3D) though the technique to transition from 2.35 1:1 is going to jar audiences.

the Imax scenes will be cropped to conform to the rest of the movie.

why would Warner (Nolan) then spend all this money on IMAX and not use it in the end...

since I am not sure if its ever been done like that before (different film used for the same movie) I assume that they'll just letterbox the 35mm parts and play the IMAX sequences as they are...(at least on IMAX)...but would they do the same for reg. theatres (or the bd release)

I guess I am just concerned about cropping as I am against anything other than oar

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

Here's something that I've been wondering about...the new Batman movie coming in July is going to use IMAX cameras to shoot some sequences...(such as the 6min prologue that's attached to I AM LEGEND)..

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

when 35mm Scope ratio films are blown up and shown in IMAX they're usually letterboxed inside the IMAX print anyway

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

yeh I noticed that with I Am Legend...(1st time in IMAX)

Maybe the Superman IMAX-shot segment might be "letterboxed" on the IMAX prints. Or not.

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

why would Warner (Nolan) then spend all this money on IMAX and not use it in the end...

You mean why spend money shooting sequences in a large 50 mm x 70 mm negative if the sequence would be shown cropped to 30 mm x 70 mm on the regular Scope prints?? Because 30 mm x 70 mm is much better quality than regular 10 mm x 24 mm Super-35, or 17.5 mm x 21 mm anamorphic 35

Star Trek TMP's, STAR WARS', and Blade Runner's SFX were shot in large formats too

I guess I am just concerned about cropping as I am against anything other than oar

Well the "OAR" is not the physical negative's full frame ratio, it's the COMPOSED-for ratio. (Or as i call it, the IAR (Intended Aspect Ratio). If they protect in shooting you don't lose anything by cropping, as it will be mostly empty space or incidental background.

99% of 1.85 films (and now the 2.39 Super-35 fillms) are shot that way and you get to see them with the matte open in the 4:3 video version (1.78 broadcast version).. but correct in the theatrical version.

Super-35/regular 35mm cameras have 1.33/1.37 camera apertures. IMAX cameras have 1.40

I'd think if they show the full frame 1.40 IMAX on the Superman sequence there might be a lot of headroom and legroom. Because if they didn't, when transfered to the 35mm 2.39 anamorphic prints there might be too much heads cropping. . Unless they pillarboxed the sequences 1.40 inside the 2.39?

Originally Posted by Bizi Jones

since I am not sure if its ever been done like that before (different film used for the same movie) I assume that they'll just letterbox the 35mm parts and play the IMAX sequences as they are...(at least on IMAX)...but would they do the same for reg. theatres (or the bd release)

Brainstorm had both flat 35mm Standard Widescreen and 70mm parts. The 70mm negative was used when they put on the memories recording gear. On the 35mm Scope prints the regular 35mm widescreen sequences were pillarboxed and the 70mm sequences went wider filling the Scope frame and looked cleaner. In the 70mm prints when the 70mm parts came in, the image not only got wider, but became twice as sharp Cool to watch.


There are other multiratio films too, Brorther Bear, Enchanted, Galaxy Quest etc. but they weren't "shot" in different film gauges.

[Bizi Jones]

coo, tx for that info...I'll check out one of those films to c how it looks...but I guess I won't know how it was cropped if I can't compare it to the original negative (although u mention that its pillar boxed, so not cropped for 'scope', well I guess to c how it was edited)...where as when I compare shots from the 'prologue' to the trailer, the same shot is cropped in the trailer...

[WriteSimply]

Nolan said in the Imax featurette that he wants the Imax sequences to pop up when you see them. So even in the normal theaters in 35mm, you'll see a difference.

Kinda like what happened at the end of 28 Days Later.


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[WickyWoo]

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