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Author Topic: Quills Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-31-2000 12:32 PM                     7 Reels Flat SRD Only 20th Century Fox ETS Depot - Sorry  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-25-2001 07:01 PM                        I'm pretty sure this is 1-66 judging by the framing of action and the fact that some shots have a 1-66 hard matte (there are none with a 1-85 matte). But if only the correct ratio could be written on the leader of the interneg, we wouldn't have to play this guessing game...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-25-2001 10:03 PM                     Paul, Fox doesn't distribute through TES to my knowledge. Sure that didn't come through ETS?  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-26-2001 11:40 AM                     This is Fox Searchlight, does that make a difference?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-29-2001 01:01 AM                     The IMDB has it as 1.85:1, as does Film Journal.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-29-2001 08:24 PM                     >>This is Fox Searchlight, does that make a difference?<< Nope. Still ETS. Aaron  |  IP: Logged Brett Rankin Film Handler Posts: 78 From: Sierra Madre, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-30-2001 01:59 PM                     IMDB is notoriously inaccurate. Up until just recently, "Cast Away" was listed as scope, and under goofs for "The Wizard od Oz" we learn: Continuity: During the apple tree sequence, Dorothy's slippers momentarily disappear. [widescreen only] Widescreen? From a film shot in 1939? Nay, don't look to the IMDB for technical info.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-30-2001 05:20 PM                    Just because the frame looks like 1.66 does not me it should be projected that way. Remember sometimes the photography above and below the center of the framed image is full of junk that was not intended to be projected to the screen. Therefor the 1.85 ratio applies.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-31-2001 09:06 PM                     Obviously they are not going to be 100% accurate at IMDB, but they are pretty darn close. Cast Away should be in scope, not flat and many places ran Oz in 1.85 through lack of 1.375 facilities. It's not a bible...but it's a pretty reliable reference.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-15-2001 07:35 PM                        I watched the whole film after work, and decided on 1-85 cos of the dead space at the top of the frame when using 1-66. BUT I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TO DO THIS! As John P has pointed out, the standard leader should state the exact ratio, not just 'flat' or 'scope'. Is it really too much to ask that the DoP's intended projection ratio is actually written on the head leaders?

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