Post #280012

Author: Karyudo
Parent topic: So, just how bad is pan & scan compared to widescreen?
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280012/action/topic#280012
Date created: 30-Mar-2007, 8:46 PM

Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
All the Star Wars films are 2.35:1 hard matte.

I don't think Star Wars films are 'hard matte' -- they're anamorphic. Anamorphic films use most of the film frame, so there's no real matting. Not like there would be for Super35.

I'd also like to see how you could shoot 'open matte' on an HD camera with anamorphic lenses.