By Staff, June 14, 2007
Kees Van Oostrum, ASC, and Bill Bennett, ASC will be hosting an interesting event at UCLA next week: a 4K projection demo of 65mm and 35mm footage.
This demonstration is designed to explore the possibilities for improving image quality to maximize the movie-going experience. It is based on practical experiences of Oostrum, who directed and shot We Fight To Be Free, which recently opened at the Mt. Vernon Visitors Center in Virginia, and Bennett, who directed and shot a test conceived by ARRI. Scenes were shot in 65mm 5-perf, anamorphic 35mm, and Super 35mm spherical, and then combined through digital intermediate postproduction.
The 65mm negative was scanned at 8K resolution and down-sampled to blend with the 35mm scanned at 6K in a 4K DI workflow.
The demonstration will include state-of-the-art 4K digital projection of a direct comparison of the same scenes shot in all three formats
. We will also show a first generation 35mm contact print made from an internegative created with an Arrilaser recorder of the same source material. You will also see something shown only once before: a "zero generation" print recorded directly onto 35mm release print stock in the Arrilaser.
The final demonstration is not to be missed: a 70mm contact print made from the original 65mm camera negative will be projected. This is an opportunity to see "how good it can get" and discuss the possibilities for a new golden age of cinema.
WHEN: Thursday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: James Bridges Theatre, UCLA,
Park in Structure 3 (Enter off Hilgard Ave, at the Wyton Dr. entrance)
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