‘The Matrix’ is Coming to IMAX. Should You Watch it? – Y.M.Cinema

Cinematographer Bill Pope shot ‘The Matrix’ on the Panavision Platinum cameras paired with Primo Prime glass. The format was Super 35 2.35:1 aspect ratio, utilizing Kodak’s Vision 500T 5279 and 200T 5274 stocks. “We shot all of the day exteriors and effects shots on 5274 and used 5279 for all the interiors. I like the look of 79, and I like to see a little grain. I shot in Super 35 partially because I had too many cameras to come up with enough anamorphic lenses, and also because of the sheer size of the sets. I felt that I might have had a little trouble lighting the sets to get the stop we’d need for anamorphic. Regardless, I do like Super 35; I also shot Fire in the Sky in that format” said Pope to ASC Magazine.

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