The Shining Open Matte

Each of kubrick s three final films the shining full metal jacket eyes wide shut was released in the united states theatrically in prints matted to 1 85 1 and in europe to 1 66 1.

The shining open matte.

Other great examples of open matte versions include. Stuart ullman barry nelson warns jack that he and his family will be snowbound through most of the winter and of the potential risk for cabin fever. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. Auch wenn diese auslegung konzentration auf das thema familiendrama stephen king weniger gefallen hat er deshalb an einem späteren drehbuch für eine shining tv version usa 1997 mitgeschrieben hat diese habe ich noch nicht.

Former teacher and recovering alcoholic jack torrance jack nicholson interviews for a caretaker job at the overlook hotel in an effort to rebuild his life after his volatile temper lost him his teaching position the hotel manager mr. The situation is this as i understand it. This entry was posted on 17 july 2009 at 9 32 pm and is filed under film with tags aspect ratio full frame fullscreen letterbox letterboxing open matte pan and scan pedantic snotty nerdlinger stanley kubrick the shining widescreen. Shining funktioniert sowohl als drama wie auch als horrorfilm wurde so auch von mr kubrick bewusst angelegt.

Now we come to the fun part where things become contentious and interpretive and just plain rocky. Open matte is a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector known as a soft matte for the widescreen theatrical release and then scanning the film without a matte at academy ratio for a full screen home video release. This is a process known as soft matte or open matte which refers to the fact that for theatrical exhibition the 1 33 1 image is matted to 1 85 1 in other words as described below the top and bottom of the frame are masked to create a widescreen frame. There are a ton more but i don t want to get carried away.

The shining 1977 is a novel by. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and co written with novelist diane johnson the film is based on stephen king s 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson shelley duvall scatman crothers and danny lloyd. Unimportant picture information underneath the. The film s central character is jack torrance nicholson an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a.