https://shotonwhat.com/camera-aperture/anamorphic-camera-aperture The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:25:48 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/the-beach-2000 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:24:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-beach-2000
Director: Danny Boyle
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:55:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jaws-1975 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:48:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jaws-1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:29:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966
Director: Sergio Leone
Cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1977 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:08:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-1977
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/interstellar-2014 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:00:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/interstellar-2014
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/forrest-gump-1994 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:53:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/forrest-gump-1994
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/insomnia-2002 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:16:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/insomnia-2002
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/batman-begins-2005 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:05:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/batman-begins-2005
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-prestige-2006 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:43:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-prestige-2006
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:18:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-dark-knight-rises-2012
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/memento-2000 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:51:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/memento-2000
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/waking-ned-devine-1998 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:50:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/waking-ned-devine-1998
Director: Kirk Jones
Cinematographer: Henry Braham
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/victor-victoria-1982 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 13:49:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/victor-victoria-1982
Director: Blake Edwards
Cinematographer: Dick Bush
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-endgame-2019 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:40:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-endgame-2019
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cinematographer: Trent Opaloch
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:23:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983
Director: Richard Marquand
Cinematographer: Alan Hume, Alec Mills
After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/la-jungle-est-mon-jardin-2022 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:25:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/la-jungle-est-mon-jardin-2022
Director: Enrico Alexander Giordano
An Ethiopian migrant, wants to join her sister in England. A former high-ranking soldier, has just delivered his wife from an incurable disease. Between these two marginals an unfailing relationship will be tied. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-living-daylights-1987 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:37:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-living-daylights-1987
Director: John Glen
Cinematographer: Alec Mills
James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/goldeneye-1995 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:28:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/goldeneye-1995
Director: Martin Campbell
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow Agent formerly believed to be dead. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tomorrow-never-dies-1997 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:25:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tomorrow-never-dies-1997
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1999 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:23:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-world-is-not-enough-1999
Director: Michael Apted
Cinematographer: Adrian Biddle
James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/die-another-day-2002 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:01:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/die-another-day-2002
Director: Lee Tamahori
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spectre-2015 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:23:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spectre-2015
Director: Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
A cryptic message from 007's past sends him pitted against a mysterious terrorist organization called Spectre, and learns of its involvement in previous events of his most dangerous missions. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-end-of-the-dial-2021 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:08:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-end-of-the-dial-2021
Director: Brad Knull
Cinematographer: Elvis Ripley
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:59:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their old glory. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:56:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back-1980
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky
After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:56:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-zhivago-1965 Tue, 21 May 2024 04:57:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-zhivago-1965
Director: David Lean
Cinematographer: Freddie Young
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/apocalypse-now-1979 Thu, 16 May 2024 02:26:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/apocalypse-now-1979
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tess-1979 Thu, 16 May 2024 02:09:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tess-1979
Director: Roman Polanski
Cinematographer: Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth
A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:52:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-2022
Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Cinematographer: Larkin Seiple
A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-saint-of-the-impossible-2020 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:34:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-saint-of-the-impossible-2020
Director: Marc Raymond Wilkins
Cinematographer: A. Burak Turan
A murder, a police raid and a photo of a mysterious girl; a young mother must piece together her twin son's secret romantic life, in order to find out what happened to them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pulp-fiction-1994 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:59:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pulp-fiction-1994
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster & his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/poltergeist-1982 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:33:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/poltergeist-1982
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:30:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-passion-of-the-christ-2004
Director: Mel Gibson
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/unbreakable-2000 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:21:36 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/unbreakable-2000
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:52:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985
Director: Richard Donner
Cinematographer: Nick McLean
A group of young misfits who call themselves The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on a quest to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/die-hard-1988 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:34:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/die-hard-1988
Director: John McTiernan
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-deer-hunter-1978 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:55:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-deer-hunter-1978
Director: Michael Cimino
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-blood-throne-2020 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:19:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-blood-throne-2020
Director: Xavier Garcia
Cinematographer: Jonathan Garcia
A young prince in ancient Israel witnesses the brutal murder of his eldest brothers at the hands of his own deranged father, King Herod. Now, the young boy stands as the only successor to the violently contested throne - or is he? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-grand-budapest-hotel-2014 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:27:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-grand-budapest-hotel-2014
Director: Wes Anderson
Cinematographer: Robert D. Yeoman
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pokemon-detective-pikachu-2019 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:20:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pokemon-detective-pikachu-2019
Director: Rob Letterman
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/my-best-friends-wedding-1997 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 14:57:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/my-best-friends-wedding-1997
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cinematographer: László Kovács
When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/oscar-and-lucinda-1997 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 02:01:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/oscar-and-lucinda-1997
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson
In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and hi... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 21:00:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beautiful-creatures-2013
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/speed-1994 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:38:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/speed-1994
Director: Jan de Bont
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:35:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/snake-eyes-1998
Director: Brian De Palma
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 03:59:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-2011
Director: Brad Bird
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-iii-2006 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:21:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-iii-2006
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
IMF Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancee in response. ]]>