Much has been made of the fact that Baker shot his film on three iPhone 5s, using a clip
on anamorphic lens — an impressive feat considering how gorgeous the final product is.
Many projector manufacturers offer 2.35:1 (anamorphic) viewing options that provide expensive add -
on anamorphic lenses with motorized «lens sleds» that truck the anamorphic lenses into position for 2.35:1 (Cinemascope) viewing, then pull the lenses out of...
Not exact matches
Much of the attention for the movie has centered
on its preposterously low shooting budget and camera, an iPhone 5s with a $ 7.99 high - def app, a Steadicam rig, and the odd
anamorphic lens.
Shot entirely
on an iPhone (though you wouldn't necessarily guess that by looking at it, as director Sean Baker outfitted his phone with an
anamorphic lens adapter), this gleefully hyperactive Sundance favorite observes the odyssey of two transgender sex workers — played by actual transgender actors, refreshingly — who are angrily looking for a cheating pimp.
THE BLU - RAY DISC by Bill Chambers Shot in «scope
on 35 mm, Priest arrives (unrated)
on Blu - ray from Sony in an ultra-fine-grain 2.40:1, 1080p transfer, the tack sharpness of which demonstrates just how much
anamorphic lenses have improved in recent years.
Paul designed the new look for Pinhead and was production designer
on the shoot and Le Han pulled in all of his film resources and directed the teaser
on the new Alex 4:3 camera with
anamorphic lenses.
Shot
on iPhones affixed with
anamorphic lenses, Tangerine follows a breathless day in the lives of two transgender prostitutes as they race around downtown Los Angeles in order to get to the bottom of a bizarre love triangle.
So decided to go off my memories of those films instead and as much as I love them, instead of deliberately quoting them I'd try to go by my childhood impressions of what I'd loved about them, the
anamorphic framing, the
lens flares, the dolly shots
on faces, the way they mixed awe and moments of danger or heartbreak.
Baker's crew shot the entire 2015 film using three iPhone 5S devices, with additional photography from an
anamorphic clip -
on lens, an app, and Steadicam Smoothee Mounts.
THE DVD Fox releases Dying Young
on DVD in a vanilla 1.85:1
anamorphic widescreen presentation long
on Schumacher's over-saturated colours and short
on subtlety, which is, of course, not the transfer's fault; its softness — that impression that the
lens has been smeared with Vaseline, «Glamor Shots» - style — is something you can't really win by being faithful to.
Beasts, which stars Idris Elba and newcomer Abraham Attah, was shot in Ghana in 35 days
on Panavised ARRI Alexa cameras with
anamorphic C - series
lenses — older
lenses that gave the film its 1970s patina.
John Gibbs and Douglas Pye's chapter is also interested in widescreen stylistics as they examine the contrasting styles of Otto Preminger's CinemaScope film River of No Return (1954) and Sam Peckinpah's Junior Bonner (1972), shot in Todd - AO 35 (a Panavision - like format based
on Japanese
anamorphic lenses).
The image is sharp enough that you can clearly see where it goes soft towards the outer edges of the
anamorphic lenses, as well as make out some rack - focus effects that were lost in the video murk
on DVD.
That said, it's a bizarre choice for Tarantino to set his story so minimally and confined when he's decided to shoot the film
on 70 mm with Panavision
anamorphic lenses and a wide aspect ratio that's normally suited to grand, outdoor filmmaking.
The Dark Crystal was shot
on 35 mm photochemical film using Panavision cameras and
anamorphic lenses.
Like Moment's prior
lenses, the
anamorphic is designed to go
on top of the existing camera
lens on your iPhone, Pixel, or Galaxy, altering the field of view it's able to see.
Anamorphic lenses capture such a wide field of view, they have to squeeze the image down so that it can fit
on a standard - sized sensor (or film strip).
Moment won't have the first
anamorphic lens adapter to market — Moondog Labs had one years ago, which was used to shoot Tangerine
on an iPhone 5S — but this is the first time Moment has offered one.