And the plot thickens, but not in a positive way. This site has good connections and solid accuracy:
http://makingstarwars.net/2014/09/rumor-recent-4k-star-wars-conversions-rejected/
Rejected?!
Ryan McAvoy said:
Can anybody here who knows, elaborate on what the various words/numbers/squiggles mean?
Joseph Kahn, a director, broke it down on his Twitter:
My read on STAR WARS 7 slate: ND 6 bringing down two stops to a 5.6 stop. Probably long anamorphic lens on close up.
5.6 is a high stop for spherical lenses, but ok for slow anamorphics, especially if looking for more depth of field on close ups.
If shooting on 200 ASA film stock, base exposure at 11 might indicate a lot of light and it's an exterior.
Oops didn't read the Al40. Primo 40mm. That's a wide shot. 5.6 is a medium depth of field, not too shallow. Maybe for a shot with movement.
Or maybe the look is really old school deeper focus and not too shallow depth like they did on Star Trek.
Or its deeper focus for vfx reasons. Filmmaking is so endless in choices haha.
This one is REALLY kooky: At the end of Return of the Jedi, I clearly remembered somebody wanting to shoot down Luke's stolen shuttle but Lando saying, "No, don't. I think that's Luke."
Normally I'd think I'm nuts, but when my dad and I watched it together on video for the first time, we both looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute." He remembered that moment, too, and described it on his own before I even had a chance to say anything. I guess it was a shared father-son hallucination from one sunny '83 afternoon at the Showcase Cinemas in Louisville, KY?