Shot in 35mm ! Can't believe it
Technical specs of IMDB show the film was shot in 35mm.
Can't believe the university gave expensive 35mm rolls for student films.
Saw it on the DVD, the grain looks more to 16mm.
because it was filmed on 16mm
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IMDB's info is wrong.
"Who knows where thoughts come from? They just appear!" - Lucas, Empire Records
Probably shot in 16mm then blown up to 35mm to give it that look.
shareNo it was indeed shot in 35mm.
It was however shot on a special process known as "techniscope" which was popular in low budget films at the time, and is now regaining popularity. Basically it uses the full width of the 35mm frame but only half the height--so instead of getting a square, full gate image, you get a full "scope" widescreen image, but with only half the height of a normal 35mm frame. In effect, it is 16mm height, but with full 35mm width.
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You are thinking of the feature.
This student film was shot in 16mm.
The film was for a class project, and was from the stock of film that students in the Navy Program at USC had available to them. Lucas was a graduate assistant at that time, and teaching the class. This was their class project.
Steven Bradford
Tempe Arizona
Steven
You are indeed correct. I saw the original showing of it at UCLA's Royce Hall during their annual competition with USC's film school. It was 16mm. All the works shown were in 16mm. The feature film was 35mm Techniscope using Francis Coppola's own Cameflex camera which was capable of 35 4 perf, 2 perf and 16mm. Technicolor offered the process of stretching the camera original up to 4 frame, without extra charge, which made it compatible with anamorphic pictures. I know because I shot films in that format.
I urge you to go to the reviews where I wrote about how this amazing little short film became a feature film.
Wayne Schotten
San Francisco