https://shotonwhat.com/camera-aperture/super-35-camera-aperture The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:51:06 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/what-just-happened-2008 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:07:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/what-just-happened-2008
Director: Barry Levinson
Cinematographer: Stéphane Fontaine
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/minority-report-2002 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:41:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/minority-report-2002
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/gold-star-2020 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:37:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/gold-star-2020
Director: Amin Pourbarghi
Cinematographer: Costa Konstantinou
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/true-lies-1994 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:42:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/true-lies-1994
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/munich-2005 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:46:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/munich-2005
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/trap-2024 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:28:47 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/trap-2024
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cinematographer: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-favourite-2018 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:57:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-favourite-2018
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer-2017 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:13:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer-2017
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cinematographer: Thimios Bakatakis
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-ring-two-2005 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:05:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-ring-two-2005
Director: Hideo Nakata
Cinematographer: Gabriel Beristain
6 months after the incidents involving the lethal videotape, new clues prove that there is a new evil lurking in the darkness. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/csi-crime-scene-investigation-2015 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:46:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/csi-crime-scene-investigation-2015
Director: Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewis, Alec Smight, Danny Cannon, Brad Tanenbaum, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Louis Shaw Milito, Frank Waldeck, Philip Conserva, Martha Coolidge, David Grossman, Duane Clark, Bill Eagles, Terrence O'Hara, Paris Barclay, Michael Nankin, Eagle Egilsson, Lou Antonio, Thomas J. Wright, Charles Correll, Peter Markle, Deran Sarafian, Michael Slovis, Christopher Leitch, Karen Gaviola, Matt Earl Beesley, Rob Bailey, Quentin Tarantino, William Friedkin, Nathan Hope, Paul McCrane, Michael Shapiro, Michael W. Watkins, Jefery Levy, Allison Liddi-Brown, John Patterson, Oz Scott, Roy H. Wagner, Tucker Gates, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Nelson McCormick, J. Miller Tobin, Andrew Baron, Jean de Segonzac, Bryan Spicer, Dean White, Jeff Woolnough, Andrew Bernstein, Naren Shankar, Charles Haid, Steven Felder, David Semel, Kevin Bray, Timothy Beavers, Alrick Riley, Claudia Yarmy
Cinematographer: Christian Sebaldt, Crescenzo G.P. Notarile, Frank Byers, Michael Barrett, Michael Slovis, Nathan Hope, Cort Fey, Jonathan West, Nelson Cragg, James L. Carter, Roy H. Wagner, David Stockton, Robert Gantz, Scott Galinsky, Ken Glassing, Matthew Jensen, Gale Tattersall, Gary B. Kibbe, Eliot Rockett, Christopher Faloona
Follows a group of Crime Scene Investigators (CSI's) who work with the Las Vegas Police Department (LVPD) to solve crimes by meticulously examining evidence by using advanced scientific methods and technology in Las Vegas, Nevada. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dantes-peak-1997 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:02:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dantes-peak-1997
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-revolutions-2003 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:39:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-revolutions-2003
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zen-fist-2024 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:51:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zen-fist-2024
Director: Taiyo Kanto
Cinematographer: Taiyo Kanto
After a nuclear war, societal norms collapse. Ken, a peacekeeper, battles lawlessness, haunted by his sister's death. Facing tyrannical rule, he embodies Zen, seeking to reform himself and his foes through training and resolve. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-reloaded-2003 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 20:58:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-reloaded-2003
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Following the events of The Matrix (1999), Neo and the rebel leaders estimate they have 72 hours until 250,000 probes discover Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants. Neo must decide how he can save Trinity from a dark fate in his dreams. ]]> 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-matrix-1999 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:23:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-matrix-1999
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-pills-2021 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:44:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-pills-2021
Director: Alexander Popov
Cinematographer: Olga Mitiguz, Alexander Popov
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/gaming-wall-st-2022 Mon, 19 Aug 2024 01:06:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/gaming-wall-st-2022
Director: Tobias Deml
Cinematographer: Tobias Deml, Olga Vazquez
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/craig-fergusons-hobo-fabulous-2019 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:19:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/craig-fergusons-hobo-fabulous-2019
Director: Joseph Bolter
Cinematographer: Tobias Deml
Comedy series featuring a mix of stand-up performances and behind-the-scenes documentary footage of Craig Ferguson's 50-date tour of North America. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-abyss-1989 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:57:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-abyss-1989
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Mikael Salomon
A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-the-white-ibex-2019 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:02:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-the-white-ibex-2019
Director: Markus Otz
Cinematographer: Kurt Amzos
«The Legend of the White Ibex» is a narrative short film, with a cinematic cut in a poetic philosophical genre that compares the human soul with the forces of the universe, in the awareness of the indispensable necessity of the ma... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ad-astra-2019 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:32:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ad-astra-2019
Director: James Gray
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-accountant-2-2016 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:49:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-accountant-2-2016
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/casino-royale-2006 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:11:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/casino-royale-2006
Director: Martin Campbell
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
Armed with a license to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007, and must defeat a private banker to terrorists in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro, but things are not what they seem. ]]> 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/quantum-of-solace-2008 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:32:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/quantum-of-solace-2008
Director: Marc Forster
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. ]]> 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/fight-club-1999 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:52:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/fight-club-1999
Director: David Fincher
Cinematographer: Jeff Cronenweth
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:48:53 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-2017
Director: Rian Johnson
Cinematographer: Steve Yedlin
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/vox-lux-2018 Mon, 27 May 2024 16:53:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/vox-lux-2018
Director: Brady Corbet
Cinematographer: Lol Crawley
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-2-1997 Sat, 25 May 2024 20:39:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-2-1997
Director: Joss Whedon, James A. Contner, David Solomon, David Grossman, Michael Gershman, Bruce Seth Green, Nick Marck, James Whitmore Jr., David Greenwalt, David Semel, Michael Lange, Douglas Petrie, John T. Kretchmer, Ellen S. Pressman, Daniel Attias, Marti Noxon, David Fury, Rick Rosenthal, Marita Grabiak, Reza Badiyi, Scott Brazil, Stephen Cragg, Stephen L. Posey, Charles Martin Smith, Deran Sarafian, Tucker Gates, Regis Kimble, Christopher Hibler, Turi Meyer, Alan J. Levi, Bill Norton, Michael Grossman
Cinematographer: Michael Gershman, Raymond Stella, Kenneth Zunder, Michael D. O'Shea, Donald M. Morgan
A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/barry-lyndon-1975 Wed, 15 May 2024 16:51:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/barry-lyndon-1975
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: John Alcott
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-2001 Tue, 14 May 2024 03:33:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-2001
Director: Peter Jackson
Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/battle-of-the-sexes-2017 Fri, 10 May 2024 15:02:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/battle-of-the-sexes-2017
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cinematographer: Linus Sandgren
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/french-story-2024 Sun, 05 May 2024 05:11:11 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/french-story-2024
Director: Sidney Berthier
Cinematographer: Sidney Berthier
Years after the crime, three clueless investigators discuss the disappearance of a young tourist in a small French town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans-2009 Sun, 05 May 2024 05:06:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bad-lieutenant-port-of-call-new-orleans-2009
Director: Werner Herzog
Cinematographer: Peter Zeitlinger
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/incendies-2010 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:35:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/incendies-2010
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cinematographer: André Turpin
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1999 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:43:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1999
Director: Jay Roach
Cinematographer: Ueli Steiger
Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless". ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hail-caesar-2016 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:39:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hail-caesar-2016
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/1-out-of-7-2011 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:43:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/1-out-of-7-2011
Director: York Alec Shackleton
Cinematographer: Adam Silver
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-fabelmans-2022 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:26:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-fabelmans-2022
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/funny-games-1997 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:39:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/funny-games-1997
Director: Michael Haneke
Cinematographer: Jürgen Jürges
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/friends-1994 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:07:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/friends-1994
Director: Gary Halvorson, Kevin Bright, Michael Lembeck, James Burrows, Gail Mancuso, Peter Bonerz, David Schwimmer, Ben Weiss, Robby Benson, Shelley Jensen, Terry Hughes, Dana De Vally Piazza, Sheldon Epps, Pamela Fryman, Alan Myerson, Thomas Schlamme, Steve Zuckerman, Roger Christiansen, Arlene Sanford, Ellen Gittelsohn, Paul Lazarus, Mary Kay Place, Sam Simon, David Steinberg, Todd Holland, Joe Regalbuto, Andrew Tsao, Stephen Prime
Cinematographer: Mikel Neiers, Nick McLean, Richard Hissong, Ken Lamkin, Reid Haessig
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/castle-2016 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:33:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/castle-2016
Director: Rob Bowman, John Terlesky, Bill Roe, Bryan Spicer, Paul Holahan, Thomas J. Wright, Jeff Bleckner, David Barrett, Kate Woods, Larry Shaw, Holly Dale, Jeannot Szwarc, Jonathan Frakes, Kevin Hooks, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Ron Underwood, Alrick Riley, Jessica Yu, Jamie Babbit, Karen Gaviola, Dwight H. Little, Helen Shaver, Dean White, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Rosemary Rodriguez, Bethany Rooney, Steve Boyum, Emile B. Levisetti, Millicent Shelton, Chuck Bowman, Rob Hardy, Milan Cheylov, Steve Robin, Jann Turner
Cinematographer: Bill Roe, Daryn Okada, James L. Carter, Stephen Collins, Dave Perkal, Steve Mason, Roger Simonsz, Michael Slovis
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rounded-corners-2019 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:49:21 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rounded-corners-2019
Director: Paul Check
A book smart 13-year old girl, raised alone by her Wall Street father, learns about life from her new carefree babysitter over summer vacation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/amelie-2001 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:07:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/amelie-2001
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hegira-2018 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:18:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hegira-2018
Director: William Blevins
Cinematographer: William Blevins
]]> 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/30-minutes-or-less-2011 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 22:35:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/30-minutes-or-less-2011
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cinematographer: Jess Hall
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/true-blood-2008 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:26:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/true-blood-2008
Director: Michael Lehmann, Scott Winant, Daniel Minahan, Howard Deutch, John Dahl, Michael Ruscio, Anthony Hemingway, Alan Ball, Lesli Linka Glatter, David Petrarca, Romeo Tirone, Stephen Moyer, Daniel Attias, Nick Gomez, Nancy Oliver, Marcos Siega, Michael Cuesta, Adam Davidson, Jeremy Podeswa, Gregg Fienberg, Simon Jayes, Angela Robinson, Lee Rose, Jesse Warn
Cinematographer: Romeo Tirone, David Klein, Matthew Jensen, Evans Brown, John B. Aronson, Checco Varese, Joseph E. Gallagher, Stephen St. John, Cort Fey, Amy Vincent, Uta Briesewitz
Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire. ]]>