Technical specifications

Hiya guys :)
I'm back and again with another blog post.  This time I will be talking about the technical specs.


2001: A Space Odyssey

Okay, so below this paragraph is a screenshot from IMDb page.  The screenshot allows me to look at the cameras used, the aspect ratio for 2001 and a lot more information I didn't know about the film itself.  As you can see the cameras used in 2001 are all celluloid which means that that the film was recorded using film.  I find it interesting that the original length of the film was going to be 161 minutes but they decided to cut it down by 19 minutes for the cinemas.  In the screenshot, you can see the aspect ratio of the film (2.30 :1) which means how tall and wide the cinema screen was when it was being shown to the members of the public.

There was only two different types of cameras used in this film which is very low compared to The Martian as they used five. 

2001: A Space Odyssey was recorded in the late 1960's so this means that they didn't have the camera technology we have today, but as a film student I feel that this film despite being recorded on film is really good.  This is because they used a lot of camera angles despite only having two different types of cameras and also the special effects are really good (they created one scene with effects with no technology just over laying clips together)

The Martian

The cameras used for this film are very different compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey due to this film being recorded using digital cameras whereas 2001 used film.  By using the GoPro Hero4 allows to have very different camera angles and also I feel that this allowed the film to be more realistic/modern by using updated technology.  I really liked when they attached the GoPro onto Damon's helmet in one of the scenes used in The Martian - it allowed the viewers to have a sort of POV (Point of View) angle of what Damon's character is currently seeing, instead of having either a mid angle/close-up.

The cinematographer of the film, Dariusz Wolski used a lot of other cameras other than just GoPro which allowed a lot more camera angles and shots, He also used an Optimo DP Lenses twice for two different cameras which is very interesting.  

The aspect ratio as you can see for The Martian it was 2.32 :1, which surprisingly very close to 2001 - this makes it interesting to compare both films because of both aspect ratios being so close together yet there is 40 years between them.

This source allows me to look at the technical specs for each of the two films and allow me to compare/contrast the cameras they used (an example).  I will use this information for quite a few of the LOs as it mentions the aspect ratio - I can use this when talking about it being shown at cinemas.

Love,
Christie xox