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Reconizing the "Genesis"

In watching The Forbidden Kingdom I was struck by a few scenes with shallow DOF that had an oddly square bokeh. Maybe it was the lenses they used (??), but when the credits came up and I saw it was shot on the Genesis I couldn't help but wonder if I'd "called it" without realizing it.

(Also, it's sad to note that a martial arts movie starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li managed to be mostly so uninteresting that I paid more attention to the bokeh than the actors, but that's the world we live in.)
 
DorkmanScott said:
In watching The Forbidden Kingdom I was struck by a few scenes with shallow DOF that had an oddly square bokeh. Maybe it was the lenses they used (??), but when the credits came up and I saw it was shot on the Genesis I couldn't help but wonder if I'd "called it" without realizing it.
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Dude, that square bokeh is part of the style ;) Been watching some Hong Kong movies - Internal Affairs, As Tears Go By, etc, and noticing it a lot recently...

I'm assuming it's a matte box thing?

Maybe they had to really close down those flags / eyebrows or use a really tight hard matte thingy to cut out flare?

Maybe I am an idiot?

Ah well, I'm a director, not a DP.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
Thats it Bruce. Large lens front diameter (as in primo or cooke Zooms) plus smaller hard mattes on the front of the lens creates an aperture that is visible and effects out of focus areas in this way. You can make them a variety of different shapes.

Nothing to do with the Genesis.
 
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