TA 2054 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Telephoto Lens, Murder, My Sweet, Citizen Kane
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Art of working with light and color. Kubrick likes having characters in the center. Ratio of the image"s height and width. Will determine the compositional possibilities for each shot. Cinematographer and director will select and aspect ratio. Classical hollywood ratio: 1. 37:1 (wizard of oz) European widescreen: 1. 66:1 (that obscure object of desire, 1977) Frame reconverted to dimensions of 4:3 home television screen. Picture information must be chopped off to accommodate this change. The message of doom: this film has been formatted to fit your screen. A few good men (1992): full frame theatrical and pan-and-scan frame. Scope extraction from super 35mm or digital full frame. Widely used in the 50s and 60s. Refers to the process of bending and stretching. Photographing a wide aspect ratio on a square film. Huge curved screen that would be filled with three projectors. Air force one: super 35 full frame and widescreen matted ratio.