Acting & Cinema
Making It Look Like That
A frame that got wider, a film stock calibrated for somebody, and fifteen minutes of dinosaurs
CinemaScope · the Shirley cards · Kubrick · Stan Winston and ILM · 4 chapters · 11 min read
A frame that got wider, a film stock calibrated for somebody, and fifteen minutes of dinosaurs.
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The image
- 01The Shape of the FrameOn a frame that got wider because the living room was square.
- 02The Film Was Calibrated for SomebodyOn a reference card that said normal.
- 03Light You Are Not Supposed to NoticeOn a craft that succeeds by being invisible, and a famous exception.
- 04Fifteen Minutes of DinosaursOn the film credited with ending practical effects, which did not.