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35– A skilled cameraman’s
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Want
to make a film that can match the Titanic
in cinematography? Go in for Super 35, the
filming format that James Cameroon used
for canning his magnificent Titanic. You
no longer require high cranes that cost
five to twenty thousand rupees per day.
Super 35 does it effortlessly for you. |
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What
is Super 35?
Originally known as Superscope 235
when it was developed by Tushinsky
brothers in 1954, Super 35 is motion
picture format that uses the same
35 mm film stock but puts a larger
frame on the stock by using the negative
space normally reserved for optical
analog sound track. Films produced
in this format can be made into both
wide and full screen versions. |
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However, there is a hitch. The prints
are not theatre ready unless they
go through a special process called
optical blow down or matting.
Director Joe Dunton used it first
for shooting his Dance Craze. Later
James Cameroon made it popular by
shooting his entire Titanic in this
format. Other movies made in Super
35 are Terminator 2, the Judgment
Day, Star Trek VI, the Undiscovered
Territory, The Fifth Element and Top
Gun. |
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Super
35 is a favourite among elite camerapersons
in that the clarity and definition
got on this extraordinary. You can
even see the thin blood vessels skirting
the eyes in a close up shot.
Sanjay Leela Bansali opted for this
format for the Amitab Bachhan-Rani
Mukherjee blockbuster Black. Guess
who is now using this format in Kodambakkam?
It is our own Selvaraghavan for his
Dhanush starrer Pudhupaettai and Gautham
Menon for Kamal starrer Vettaiyadu
Vilaiyadu. |
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Though
it makes filming easy and you can do away
with things like crane, Super 35 format
is expensive because the conversion to theatre
ready prints involves a lot of money. It
takes about 35 to 45 lakhs per film. If
you use stock like Selvaraghavan does, it
may be even more.
However, the industry is catching up with
Super 35! |
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