If you were going to make a Film or Films. What Aspect ratio, Lens, Camera, Genre, Style, etc. Would you use. Thread

I’ve got an idea I’ve been kicking around for a year or so for black comedy where someone finds a human tooth in their meal at a fancy dinner party and it’s a catalyst for all of the decorum and social niceties gradually breaking down completely. It’s heavily influenced by Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and I’d probably shoot it in 1.85:1 and black and white to help achieve that vibe. I actually recently purchased a new Canon DSLR that could probably handle it, so maybe I’ll start working on it in earnest some time soon.

ASPECT RATIO

1.77:1 for closed-in settings (the city, the forest, etc.); 2.76:1 for wide open settings (savannas, meadows, plains, space, etc.); 1.33:1 for homages to silent films.

CAMERA

Dunno.

GENRE

Drama; horror; thriller; magic realism; religious/spiritual.

LENS

Dunno.

STYLE

High-contrast B&W.

Two-colour “Technicolor”.

That late '70s/'80s look.

DuracellEnergizer said:

What movie is that from?

Warbler said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

What movie is that from?

The Aviator.

[JEDIT]

Paja beat me to it.

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I’d make Dune and film it entirely in anamorphic 65mm (like Ben-Hur or The Hateful Eight), so it’d be a 2.76:1 AR.

But Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (assuming it doesn’t fall apart before it gets made) might make this moot if it’s as good as Prisoners, Arrival, or Blade Runner 2049.

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I imagine it’d be tricky getting ahold of usuable '30s-'50s film stock, and processing equipment from those decades probably doesn’t exist anymore.

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I don’t want similar, I want genuine.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I imagine it’d be tricky getting ahold of usuable '30s-'50s film stock, and processing equipment from those decades probably doesn’t exist anymore.

make new '30s-'50s film stock. make new processing equipment that is exactly the same as the old.

You want a pain in the ass so large the death star couldn’t blow it up

Warbler said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I imagine it’d be tricky getting ahold of usuable '30s-'50s film stock, and processing equipment from those decades probably doesn’t exist anymore.

make new '30s-'50s film stock.

OK.

make new processing equipment that is exactly the same as the old.

Sounds reasonable

Warbler said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I think if I were to make a movie, I think I’d to make it with old technology. Make it exactly the same way they did in the 30’s, 40’s, or 50’s. I don’t know it would be in glorious black and white or three-strip technicolor(and I don’t mean a digital re-creation, I mean the real thing). I wouldn’t want to use any newer technologies, or techniques. I would want it to be as old fashion as possible.

I too like to spend unnecessarily excessive amounts of money and do things as inconveniently as possible to get similar results.

I imagine it’d be tricky getting ahold of usuable '30s-'50s film stock, and processing equipment from those decades probably doesn’t exist anymore.

make new '30s-'50s film stock.

That’s like asking for new antiques.

make new processing equipment that is exactly the same as the old.

Ridiculous. Soon you’ll be asking for new releases on LaserDisc.

But he wants genuine, not similar.

You’re talking to warbler, there is no middle ground.

Meaning you would do all image processing analog but then have it scanned and assembled digitally? What about color timing? Seems like itd be pretty hard to get a good color grade doing it before editing. Or would you scan it, edit it together, save it back to film again then do a color pass?