Back To The Future 2, open matte

Shots on Back To The Future 2 were filmed at 1.37:1 and at 1.85:1. This video shows how you can see more of the image in different shots.

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[Knightmessenger]

would it be possible to overlap the versions so it's easier to see which version shows more picture.

Really wish more open matte movies had a full frame option available on dvd or blu ray.

[TVperson1]

@Knightmessenger I could do that, but I'd have to split the shots up which would be a bit of a pain and I can't find the original files.

The 'Original' '86 Transformers offers that on it's DVD release, but more should, I agree.

[Watcher3223]

Hmm.

Well, another is to check the special features of the BTTF 2 DVD.

[Watcher3223]

It's a rip off if the film wasn't originally shot in IMAX, but it's not unusual for anybody to do what they can to earn as much money from their product as possible.

Gimmicks are one way to do that, but gimmicks are not endemic to the movie business.

If there is a film you want to see, go and see it in a theater you're comfortable going to. If the film is presented in the way that it was intended at all theaters, the experience should ideally be the same no matter where you go to watch it.

[TVperson1]

A marking gimmick? What ripp off. From you've told me, movie studios seem very arrogant. I mean if they are going to play marketing tricks on people, they should stop whining about people coping(remaking) the smallest part of a movie.

2.35:1 has always looked to me like the top and bottom are missing, but that's just me.

[TVperson1]

I could only find 1 site and it didn't have much info.

[Watcher3223]

Simple: unless a film was originally shot in that format, an IMAX version of a film is ultimately a marketing gimmick.

As for a one shot in 2.35:1, there are ways to compose to make it work, such as setting up a shot that concentrates the focus on the subject.

[TVperson1]

Both of those films were shot before movies were on TV. In my opinion 2.35:1 doesn't really work for mid to close up shots with just one person in frame.

Do you know why the Watchmen was shown at iMax when it wasn't shot on iMax cameras?

I mean the story was great, but if I'd known it wasn't shot on the iMax camera, I wouldn't have gone to see it at the iMax and paid more for the same experience.

[Watcher3223]

Some really good info on the Vista Glide can be found on Google.

Definitely check it out.

[Watcher3223]

Compositing is combining multiple elements into one, whether it be done in CGI or done by combining multiple filmed elements optically in the "analogue domain."