Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
Wasn't Ben-Hur like the widest movie ever shot? They even had a special camera built just for one scene? Or was that Lawrence of Arabia? I donno.
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Ben-Hur is even wider, so it will have thicker black bars in order to present the whole image.
Ben-Hur is even wider, so it will have thicker black bars in order to present the whole image.
Wasn't Ben-Hur like the widest movie ever shot? They even had a special camera built just for one scene? Or was that Lawrence of Arabia? I donno.
One of them... Ben-Hur is I believe around 2.76:1. Lawrence of Arabia was actually not as wide as Star Wars or LOTR, around 2.20:1. I don't know about a special camera, but I know Lean used a 482mm lens to photograph Omar Sharif's entrance (those who have seen the film know what I mean).