Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows part 2 open matte broadcast (Released)

HBO shows an open matte version of this film and it’s simply gorgeous. The expanded image gives an IMAX-like scale to the movie. Key sequences include the Dragon escape and the Battle for Hogwarts, as well as the 19 years later epilogue. Has anyone seen this. More importantly, can anyone, who has the proper equipment, capture this? It’s worth preserving!

Some of the open matte shots can be seen on this page

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=12286877

(towards the bottom).

Someone, pls preserve this!

Anyone interested in capturing this broadcast? This is worth preserving, with the larger framing.

This is also something I’d be interested in…

This would only work if someone can rip the open matte broadcast off HD or even SD cable, without subtitles or channel logos on top of the picture, preferably.

DH2 uses a few frames from the first two films… I wonder if those would be open matte as well, or just cropped.

Those are open matte as well, because all HP films were shot on Super 35 cameras with spherical lenses, even Azkaban. HP 1,2,4,6 and 8 are shown open matte. Not sure about the others.

Papai2013 said:

This would only work if someone can rip the open matte broadcast off HD or even SD cable, without subtitles or channel logos on top of the picture, preferably.

Don’t care about logos or subtitles, however neither would be best. Anyone?

It’s ideal to find one without either the logo or the subtitle obscuring the image. As for a fan-edit to combine the widescreen with the open matte, a source with logo and/or subtitle will look ugly.

Papai2013 said:

It’s ideal to find one without either the logo or the subtitle obscuring the image. As for a fan-edit to combine the widescreen with the open matte, a source with logo and/or subtitle will look ugly.

Yes and no, was there ever a DVD/BD/TV extended edition?

No extended edition was ever made available on DVD/BD. ABC Family occasionally airs extended versions of the films but if I am remembering correctly, they are God-awful. Music edits are nonexistent. I don’t even know if the unfinished special effects are tightened up.

Currently there’s only one open matte version available online fron ukrainian “Nonyi kanal” with logo

Yep, same open matte version on HBO, which I saw. Shame the logo is too strong and cannot be obscured or removed without hurting the image. In the HBO SD version, the logo wasn’t blocking so much of the image, but the subtitles were.
The HD broadcasts should be open matte too. We need to find those, if possible.

i saw tvrip from HBO Czech (i think) and it was not open mate

But the one they keep showing here in India is open matte (actually it’s a mix of mostly open matte and pan & scan for shots that were not protected). I do not have any equipment, but the broadcast is HD and it has two-line subtitles that come over the 16:9 border. So, it’s not useful.

An HD version definitely exists out there. Maybe Starz Hd, or the other HD channels that are there have it. Someone needs to keep a lookout for those. I have only SD cable TV, no HD.

Anyone have the open-matte versions? Thanks.

It’d be great if someone can capture an HD broadcast of the film, or even an SD broadcast where the channel logo and subtitles don’t ruin the image. I’m sure it can be found. Those in Asian/European or other countries in the North should try. This is because most of the open matte broadcasts (including HBO India) are in PAL format. European and Asian countries have PAL broadcasts. Ukraine is PAL, Russia is too, in all likelihood.
This open matte version would make for a great pseudo-IMAX experience and is well worth preserving.

Hi, is there an open-matte version of Pt. 1? Thanks.

I have no idea. The one I saw on HBO was 1.78:1 pan & scan, as far as I could tell. There could be some scenes which were open matte. Someone has to compare from a broadcast version.

I want to note this before I forget. I saw Deathly Hallows in Imax a couple hours ago, and I have to say, they changed the colors on the bluray. The movie has a very distinct contast and has a mostly red tint to everything to the extent were Ron’s shirt looks like it was sharpied on. The fire in some scenes is also more red than yellow making it a very distnct pumpkinish orange. The main colors that really stand out are reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and some lightish blues. I’m not sure if this is becuse it has aged, but it seemed like a change to the bluray. Justing putting it on record.

Did the IMAX version you saw have a higher color saturation, or is it the BD?
Also, was there a taller aspect ratio on IMAX? How was the PQ?

It did have higher color saturation. In Imax there was no taller aspect ratio (or shift). I’m pretty sure it is just the dmr version and not the special Imax version. The picture quality was alright. It was 1080p on an imax screen so things went from detailed to a tad blurry. You could see light grain, but it was hard to notice.

One other interesting thing to note. The bottom corners of the imax screen had a bit of a red reflection / tint thingy which was strange. I think what might be best is to find a screener of the film beforehand just to make sure the colors are different to the bluray. It could also be upcoming changes they are planning to make to the blurays because these movies were re released in imax to promote Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them.

It’sa shame they didn’t utilise a taller aspect ratio for the HP films in IMAX, because they shot on Super 35. Even Azkaban was shot full aperture (open matte). HP 1, 2, 4, and Deathly Hallows Part 2 look beautiful in open matte.

I’m sure that Fantastic Beasts will also be the same boring 2.39:1 on IMAX. To me IMAX is first about the larger aspect ratio, sound is secondary. The name IMAX is an abbreviation of ‘Image Maximum.’ It was built in such a way so as to differentiate it’s look from general cinemascope, flat and 70mm formats. Nowadays, the IMAX brand has diluted.

Papai2013, it’s all because of Digital IMAX, with it being ~16:9.