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.

You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

The film s central character is jack torrance nicholson an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a. The matrix seven shown above back to the future 2 the shining and almost every kubrick movie planet terror and stephen kings it. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below. 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.

Other great examples of open matte versions include. Now we come to the fun part where things become contentious and interpretive and just plain rocky. Open matte can be used with non anamorphic films presented in 2 20 1 or 2 39 1 but it isn t used as often. Unimportant picture information underneath the.