List of 4K+ Masters for Digitally Shot Films

[Brightstar]

The Tourist shot in 4K

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

The Tourist shot in 4K

It’s already on this list - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=218262 (i.e. The Tourist was film acquisition with a 4K DI).

[Penton-Man]

No anamorphic (pro or con) discussion on the sister digital 4K thread?

I think it needs at least a little attention. Little known (or advertised nugget), if you shoot EG Red Epic anamorphic, then it’s only about 3.6K across and really not *true* 4K (as if that makes a difference to anyone but pixel counters)…not to mention the fact that it’s a Bayer sensor so you’re really not achieving much more than about 3K as an effective resolution on the horizontal.

[Dragun]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I think it needs at least a little attention. Little known (or advertised nugget), if you shoot EG Red Epic anamorphic, then it’s only about 3.6K across and really not *true* 4K (as if that makes a difference to anyone but pixel counters)…not to mention the fact that it’s a Bayer sensor so you’re really not achieving much more than about 3K as an effective resolution on the horizontal.

If you use 2X anamorphics and then crop the sides a bit to get 2.40:1, then you are not gaining resolution. But buy using 1.3x anamorphic lenses like these that uses the entire sensor to squeeze a 2.40:1 image, and then unsqueezing without cropping, you do gain some resolution.

I don't know if the sharpness difference between 1.3x anamorphic shooting and spherical shooting is as drastic as anamorphic vs. Super 35 in the pre-DI days. When I was a teenage theater hopper, I remember seeing anamorphic and Super 35 films back-to-back and noticing how much sharper and less grainy the anamorphic films were. 2K DIs have lowered that gap, by dumbing down anamorphic resolution and increasing Super-35 quality by eliminating the optical step. With digital projection it all looks like TV...

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

No anamorphic (pro or con) discussion on the sister digital 4K thread?

I think it needs at least a little attention.

Good call. I remember being very surprised by the look of Haywire, combining anamorphic bokeh with the unerring smoothness of digital, and I was wondering just what the hell I was looking at. I'd seen the mega-widescreen clips on YouTube of folks experimenting with 2x anamorphics and 16:9 sensors, but I had no idea that companies like Hawk were producing 1.3x lenses. [edit: until I saw the Soderbergh movie I mentioned above]

Gangster Squad is another one, looking all glossy and saturated and quite digital, but again with the visual idiosyncrasies of anamorphic. I believe that it was shot with the Alexa Studio and regular 2x Panavision lenses, made possible by the selectable 16:9/4:3 sensor of the former.

[Dragun]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I had no idea that companies like Hawk were producing 1.3x lenses. [edit: until I saw the Soderbergh movie I mentioned above]

Soderbergh also used those lenses on Magic Mike.

[Penton-Man]

http://vimeo.com/69530462

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

White House Down was shot in 2.8K but given a 4K finish, like Skyfall.

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

^ Done.

I think I’ve mentioned to you guys before not to rely totally on imdb as the information provided them by the studios is sometimes wrong… https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...te#post6879042

Or in the case of White House Down, uh, prematurely optimistic, see the very recent imdb ‘update’… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334879/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

On the other hand, this is fact…not wrong and not premature –

DCP for White House Down
Sony Pictures Releasing
Deluxe Digital Cinema
2048 x 858 (2K scope)
204 GB
Run Time: 2:11:32
5.1 Audio

[Penton-Man]

^ Sounds good to me.

[Brightstar]

what about 3;10 Yuma (remake)?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

what about 3;10 Yuma (remake)?

2K DI: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381849/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

[Brightstar]

Dredd 2012

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

Dredd 2012

It was shot in 4.5K, but unfortunately the DI for the BD/DVD releases is 2K. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/...ef_=tt_dt_spec