I only recall a couple of examples of hard- matting in camera. Trying to recall which. Offhand, Mockingbird and Valence come to mind. Which would lead me to believe there may have been a single camera at Paramount set up in that fashion. I'll see if I can find sample frames.
Here you go:
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In all the years I worked in a film laboratory & then as a Telecine Colourist, I only ever came across one 35mm feature that was hard matted in camera, & that was when I was transfering some rushes of a French film. I'd think hard matted in camera must be a rare animal.
I only recall a couple...
Once again, as to “widescreen” aspect ratios, and reading most anything, anywhere regarding the era. Far too many writers get it wrong.
Virtually every non-scope film in the ‘50s was shot and printed 1.37. In earlier decades, it was 1.33 or 1.37 unmatted. GWTW was not shot 1.37. The image was...
There are certain design elements in the imagery, that fall just outside of the crop, that once seen in 1.37 are missed in the matted versions. Including the 1.37 makes things all-inclusive.
And having sampled the restorative efforts, I can tell you that the film looks as people have not seen...