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About "Oppenheimer" and Large Format |
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Written by: Universal Pictures |
Date:
16.07.2023 |
OPPENHEIMER PREMIUM LARGE FORMATS
IMAX 70mm
Select IMAX theatres will be offering the IMAX Experience featuring 15 perf/70mm
film projection which combines the brightest, clearest images at 10 times
the resolution of standard projection formats, with powerful, laser-aligned
digital sound and customized theatre geometry to create the world’s most
immersive movie experience.
70mm film
5 perf/70mm film offers a brighter, clearer image, with 3 times the
resolution of standard projection formats, using the process of projecting
light through celluloid to deliver clear images in rich analog color with
state-of-the-art digital sound.
35mm film
35mm anamorphic film screenings project light through the entire
35millimeter frame to deliver clear, high resolution images with rich analog
color combined with state of the art digital sound in most locations.
IMAX Digital Cinema
IMAX digital projection uses projectors with sub-pixel alignment to produce
clear, high contrast images, with powerful, laser-aligned digital sound and
customized theatre geometry, creating the world’s most immersive digital
movie experience. Digital IMAX packages are available in 1.90:1 aspect
ratios as well as 1.43:1 for certain dual laser setups.
Dolby Cinema
The Dolby Vision projection system consists of dual 4K laser projectors
capable of delivering up to 108 nits (31 Foot Lamberts) of full-screen
brightness—resulting in a richer, more detailed viewing experience, with
strikingly vivid and realistic images.
4K Digital Cinema
4k digital projection produces a clear, bright, high-resolution image with
absolute stability and cleanliness, combined with uncompressed digital sound
for a powerful movie going experience. Digital Cinema Packages are available
in an aspect ratio of 2.2:1 in both Flat and Scope containers in order to
fill more screen space for every auditorium.
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Oppenheimer Technical Specifications
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OPPENHEIMER was shot using a combination of 5-perf 65mm and 15 perf IMAX
FILM. When presented on 70mm IMAX, the sequences shot on 15 perf IMAX are
printed full quality in their native format - the highest quality imaging
format ever devised, offering ten times the resolution of standard formats,
and filling the giant IMAX screens from top to bottom. The 5-perf 65mm
sequences fill the IMAX screen side-to-side. The finished picture is fully
analogue and switches between the 2.20:1 and 1.43:1 aspect ratios throughout
the film. This is combined with an IMAX uncompressed 5.0 digital sound mix
for the most immersive presentation of the film.
The Digital Cinema IMAX presentation has been created from 8k scans of the
original film elements, graded specifically for the high contrast
dual-projector IMAX digital projection, before being scaled to 4K resolution
and packaged with the uncompressed IMAX 5.0 sound mix of the film.
When presented on regular 70mm film, the sequences shot on 5-perf 65mm are
presented in their native format, the IMAX sequences have been optically
reduced to 70mm 5-perf film to produce a grain-free, ultra-high resolution
image, cropped top and bottom to fill the wider frame. This process is
photochemical, preserving the original analog color of the imagery and
presented in a 2.2:1 aspect ratio. The sound is carried on a separate DTS
disc to produce state-of-the-art 6-track digital sound.
The 35mm prints have been made photochemically, preserving all the rich
analog color of the original 65mm photography, and cropped top and bottom to
create a seamless 2.35:1 anamorphic image. The sound is coded on the prints
in Dolby SR as well as Dolby 5.1 and DTS for 6-track digital playback.
The Digital Cinema presentation of OPPENHEIMER has been created from 8k
scans of the photochemically color-graded film elements, scaled to 4K,
fine-tuned in the digital realm to maximize the color and contrast
attributes of digital projectors, and dust-busted to achieve the cleanest
and most stable image presentation possible. The film was finished in 4k for
the highest digital resolution currently available.
The sound on OPPENHEIMER has been specifically mixed to maximize the power
of the low-end frequencies in the main channels as well as in the subwoofer
channel. This effect is present is in all available presentations of
OPPENHEIMER, all of which have been designed to play back at the volume
level designated by the industry at 7 on the Dolby cinema processor.
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Christopher Nolan about "Oppenheimer" in IMAX
as seen & heard on YouTube
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London Red Carpet Premiere:
Interviewer:
Why was this movie in particular for you, something you wanted to
shoot in IMAX - wanted to tell this story in IMAX?
Christopher Nolan: Well, my director of photography Hoyte van
Hoytema and myself, we have used IMAX for all kinds of things over the
years. A lot for action, and we knew coming to "Oppenheimer", that we
needed to scale. We knew that we needed to take the audience across the
desert vistas of New Mexico, We needed the stormy weather coming in. We
needed the extremity. The build up to the test, and the test itself. But we
also wanted to experiment with the intimate moments. We wanted to try and
take that format and use it as a way to have the screen disappear, and just
be living in that space with these characters. Feeling what they are
feeling. Experiencing what they are experiencing.
Fandango cast/director interview:
Interviewer: Please explain some of the deliberate things you made
choosing to film it in IMAX [question shortened, ed]
Christopher Nolan: I've used IMAX for years, and IMAX film is the
highest quality imaging format ever devised. What that gives you is access
to the audiences’ perception. It takes the screen away. I refer to it as 3D
without the glasses. You just look at a crystal-clear sharp image, and we
have used it in the past for a lot of action. We have used it for the grand
vistas, and my director of photography Hoyte van Hoytema, and myself we knew
that we would get New Mexico that way. We would get the storms. We would get
the desolation where they built Los Alamos. But what we both got very
excited about, is how can this format help give us access to Oppenheimer’s
thought process? How can it help us really peer into his soul? What happens
when you apply that grand format to intimacy? To what these guys are doing.
To really seeing the world through his eyes. Try to pick up the different
layers of what everybody is thinking and feeling. All the conflicts and the
paradoxical situations and ethical dilemmas that is going on. We found the
format is a powerful tool for all aspects of cinema really. And cinema is
just about storytelling and it's more than anything about the human element.
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