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Jean-Pierre Van Hoof
Film Handler

Posts: 21
From: Enschede, Ov, Netherlands
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 01-31-2005 04:37 PM

Hi guy's,

First a BIG HELLO to you all since this is my first posting.(since more than 2 years)

Maybe a little OT but does anybody know if Starwars episode I&II
is available in 2k digital format?

We are planning to show episode III on a Barco 2k projector and it
would be nice to show episode I & II in the same format.
We tried to get hold of 35mm prints of episode I & II but there isn't a single copy left in The Netherlands :-(

Greetings,
Jean-Pierre van Hoof

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Martin Brooks
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 900
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: May 2002

posted 01-31-2005 09:42 PM

The current issue of Cinefex magazine, in celebration of its 100th issue (25 years) has a lengthy article on the current state of the art in film effects technique and technology. Though not the main thrust of the article, special effects supervisor Richard Edlund had some interesting comments about digital projection:

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"The Digital Cinema Initiative...has been doing test screenings at the Pacific Theatre...the DCI and the ASC produced a short film that had all the extremes of photography - a wedding taking place in the afternoon, with the white lace and the black suit, smoke and backlighting, and the bald blue sky. It was shot with Super 35, anamorphic, and 70mm and scanned at 6K, and downrezed so it could be projected at 2K with the answer print running on the other side of the screen. And it was about equal. Film was maybe a hair sharper. But the digital color was dead on, and it had no scratches. In that sense, it was superior. And keep in mind that we were comparing digital projection to answer print, which audiences never see. They always see a dup.

Cinefex: And that was at 2K?

Edlund: Yes. The next thing we saw was a simulated 4K projection where they had two TI projectors stacked on one side of the screen. So half of the screen was 4K and on the other side of the screen was film. And the 4K was incredibly sharp. Sharper than film. I was really knocked out by that. 4K has to be what is focused on in the theater. 2K is not enough."

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Mattias Ohlson
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 180
From: Falun, Sweden
Registered: Mar 2003

posted 02-01-2005 10:36 AM

Sony and perhaps JVC seem focused on 4k.
2k from TI is very nice from many accounts but 4k and the technology to achieve 4k will probably be where things end up. The pixel shifting to achieve 4k with dlp will eliminate pixelation for all practial purposes. The biggest question is how low a price 4k can reach?

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