Jason Whyte
Screenwriter
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- Jun 3, 1999
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"With an AR of 2.35:1, Down With Love should not be shown with matting in the projector."
Well, just a BIT in the projector's apeture plate to 2.39:1 (or 2.40:1) to hide pesky negative splices. If the image is misframed within the scope apeture and is of anamorphic origin, you'll notice those negative splices (and you WILL on this film...ugh). For Super 35 films this won't happen because the spherical 1.37 negative is cut. If you were to watch a 1.85 film with the apeture fully exposed, you'd see the same negative splices. And so on.
"Did anybody else see at least two separate scenes where the boom mike was quite visible (once when Block shows up in McMannus' apartment and once near the end on the elevator)?"
I sadly saw the film misframed and only spotted one quick boom mike at the shot where Block shows up at the door, but it was so high up in the frame and looked out of the 2.39 safe zone. If the projection is properly centered it shouldn't be a problem. These days it isn't for many theaters, and noticing such artifacts is pretty common.
I remember seeing a repeat screening of Royal Tenenbaums (also shot Anamorphic Panavision) that was horribly misframed, almost right to the frameline, and spotted two boom mikes as well. You'd think they would keep these things out of a scope picture, even outside of the safe zone, alas...
Jason
Well, just a BIT in the projector's apeture plate to 2.39:1 (or 2.40:1) to hide pesky negative splices. If the image is misframed within the scope apeture and is of anamorphic origin, you'll notice those negative splices (and you WILL on this film...ugh). For Super 35 films this won't happen because the spherical 1.37 negative is cut. If you were to watch a 1.85 film with the apeture fully exposed, you'd see the same negative splices. And so on.
"Did anybody else see at least two separate scenes where the boom mike was quite visible (once when Block shows up in McMannus' apartment and once near the end on the elevator)?"
I sadly saw the film misframed and only spotted one quick boom mike at the shot where Block shows up at the door, but it was so high up in the frame and looked out of the 2.39 safe zone. If the projection is properly centered it shouldn't be a problem. These days it isn't for many theaters, and noticing such artifacts is pretty common.
I remember seeing a repeat screening of Royal Tenenbaums (also shot Anamorphic Panavision) that was horribly misframed, almost right to the frameline, and spotted two boom mikes as well. You'd think they would keep these things out of a scope picture, even outside of the safe zone, alas...
Jason