Just a quick heads-up for those of you coming late to the party (and those unwilling - or unable - to wade through the entire Introduction to the scope filmography at AWSM, though I'd urge you to do so anyway): The following new entries were all shot and designed for 'scope' exhibition with a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. I only provide the name of a photographic process (Panavision, Techniscope, etc.) where such a process was employed during principal photography. These days, in most - though not all - cases, films are either shot on 35mm film or HD video at an 'open' ratio where the intended theatrical portion is framed within the DP's viewfinder. It is this portion of the image which is extracted in post-production and projected in your local cattleplex. From now on, I'm going to call this process 'spheri-crop' (ie. films shot with spherical lenses and cropped in post for theatrical exhibition).
Once upon a time, I used to mention whether a film was shot in Super 35 or HD. But the phrase 'Super 35' refers to a film gauge (like 16mm or 65mm), not a specific 'widescreen' format. We don't ascribe trade names to films shot 'open-matte' and designed for 1.85:1 projection, and 'spheri-crop' scope movies employ exactly the same process, albeit for a different projected ratio. In any event, the on-screen results are entirely interchangeable, and most assuredly indistinguishable from one another! In the end, all you need to know is that these films were designed for 'scope' exhibition.
All that said, now on with the show:
FREE SAMPLES
USA - 2012 - col
D: Jay Gammill
HOPE SPRINGS
USA - 2012 - col
D: David Frankel
LAWLESS
USA - 2012 - col
D: John Hillcoat
MY SECRET PARTNER
(see: Perfect Partner)
OUTSIDE BET
UK - 2012 - col
D: Sacha Bennett
PERFECT PARTNER
완벽한 파트너
(aka: My Secret Partner)
S.Korea - 2011 - col
D: Park Heon-soo
THIS IS 40
USA - 2012 - col
D: Judd Apatow
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