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[REQ] 4K Movie Release

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Alessandro Minelli

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Hi, AFAIK all 4K movies released released so far were shooted on film, is there any particular reason why movies like The Social Network, Contagion and so on were released as 2K only DCP instead of 4K DCP? Is it just a money issue or is there any technical reason? I wonder if "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" from Mr. Fincher may be the first "Shot on RED" movie released in 4K format? What do You think?
Thanks a lot.
 
Contagion was an actual 4K finish, I think.

As for the rest... everything can be released in 4K format.

Bear in mind though that VFX done at 2K will have to be re-done at 4K. Ouch.

On the other hand if you're doing a 2K release, doing VFX at 4K is been overkill, expensive and slows down the process and the creative somewhat. For one thing...the whole post team is going to need 4K monitors to review their work. Then storage and rendering times are quadrupled...

We're getting close to being able to handle 4K on the desktop properly. I finish far more stuff at 4K now than I used to, and manage to get through it with desktop hardware (though I do all of the creative work at much lower resolution because trying stuff out at 4K is just cumbersome). Give it another year or two.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
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