Here's a decent rundown of standard film formats (but it's missing IMax):
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/filmdims.htm
Duncan
Sigh, if I ever had Millions to burn, I would set up a cinema that only ever shows film prints......and I'd go bust in a hurry
I'm more annoyed by how so much digital manipulation is being used as a substitute for intelligent filming and good acting. But it is probably true that Hollywood's biggest source of income is zitty teenagers watching catchy action flicks. One reason I never go to theaters anymore. I have no idea what the Pacific Film Archive up the street is up to. That is set to open in January, and with its stainless cladding looks like a giant DeLorean from Back to the Future, and probably cost a couple hundred million to build. Totally out of place, architecturally. But that's the kind of nonsense one expect in Modern Art venues. At least it isn't quite as ugly a building as the SF MMA.
We in the Bay Area are fortunate enough to have the local Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, sponsored by David Packard, which only shows classic films. I've seen dozens of classics there, a total joy!
-Tim
I'm more annoyed by how so much digital manipulation is being used as a substitute for intelligent filming and good acting.
It's still that too.No real change. It just used to be car chases and explosions in place of a good story!...
The good films being made today are at least as good as the good films of your respective wonder years.
In other words, Hollywood discovered that demand drives the market.
Very refreshing and very consumer-centric, as opposed to markets which tell customers what they should enjoy.
Yup, and this is why I build my music collection on whatever is on the national Top 40 list. I mean that must be the best right? Screw supporting anything else. Go with what the masses want. They always know what's best. Like Trump. Or Hillary.
im uusally voting for bullwinkle j. moose, but he never makes it past the primary.
And if Quentin Tarantino had been at the Crest on Wednesday night, he would have burned the place to the goddamn ground.
The Crest is just up the street from me. But I cannot understand what was so bad that ...
I tend to agree, but... It seems to me that, at some point, Hollywood execs found out that explosions and special effects are extremely effective commercially. Since then, it's hard to see blockbuster titles that are not full of the most incredible and magnificent explosions, preferably in 3D!
However, in my opinion, the best movies do not originate in Hollywood..
OK, just a quick question about projection, from someone who has never been in a projection room.
How is focus achieved? Does it require the projectionist to monitor and adjust as required, is it a carefully calibrated function that is performed when the projector is set, or is it a fully automated function that happens as needed?
Reason being (& as I alluded a few pages ago), the last movie I saw I thought the screening was a touch on the soft side - not out of focus, but not as sharp as I would have expected. AFAIK, this was a digital screening.
Cheers
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