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In a digital world, "Dark Knight" takes film route
A 100-pound Imax camera might look as much like a contraption developed for Batman at Wayne Industries as it does a filmmaking device. But for the film's director of photography Wally Pfister, the decision to bring it on set was a simple one. "For more than any other reason, because it is the absolute highest-quality image-capture system available," says Pfister, a two-time Oscar nominee for the Nolan films "Batman Begins" and "The Prestige." "What that means for Chris is he can put on quite a show. It makes a much more epic event of the movie. "For me, at a time when a lot of filmmakers are choosing to go with lower-resolution digital systems, it gives me an opportunity to use the highest-quality film negative available. You expose 65mm and it is printed to 70mm." Until "Dark Knight," the camera had been used only on Imax documentaries, but Pfister used the system in just about every way imaginable for a narrative feature. "We did hood mounts on the cars, we hung it off a crane arm, helicopter and tracking vehicle," he says. Imax cameras were used to shoot big action sequences -- about 35 minutes of the film's total run time. When played in Imax theaters, the anamorphic scenes will appear in letterbox form. For the Imax sequences, the aspect ratio will change to fill the entire screen.For the full story, click here! Posted at 07:38AM Jul 19, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Entertain | Comments[0] 
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