https://shotonwhat.com/camera-negative-orientation/horizontal-film-orientation-camera The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:36:46 -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/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/tenet-2020 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 13:10:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tenet-2020
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dunkirk-2017 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:46:36 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dunkirk-2017
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/oppenheimer-2023 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:26:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/oppenheimer-2023
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:35:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/inception-2010
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. ]]> 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-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/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/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/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/no-time-to-die-2021 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:17:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/no-time-to-die-2021
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cinematographer: Linus Sandgren
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:53:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope-1977
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader. ]]> 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/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/to-catch-a-thief-1955 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:17:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/to-catch-a-thief-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spartacus-2-1960 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:10:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spartacus-2-1960
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/maestro-4-2023 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:36:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/maestro-4-2023
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cinematographer: Matthew Libatique
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:25:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2002
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/apollo-13-1995 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:53:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/apollo-13-1995
Director: Ron Howard
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 02:28:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-2-2004
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dark-angels-1998 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:47:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dark-angels-1998
Director: David Wadley
Cinematographer: Edwin Myers
Angela must choose between her abusive husband and the baby she has on the way. Their world is full of sex, drugs, and money, with violence an ever-present threat. Angela finds that only spiritual awareness can help her escape the... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-ii-1989 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:32:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-part-ii-1989
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rosewood-1997 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:38:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rosewood-1997
Director: John Singleton
Cinematographer: Johnny E. Jensen
A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/india-kingdom-of-the-tiger-2002 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:27:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/india-kingdom-of-the-tiger-2002
Director: Bruce Neibaur
Cinematographer: Matthew Williams
Follow in the footsteps of Jim Corbett, the famed English hunter-naturalist, as he races to save an Indian village from the terror of a man-eating tiger. Along his journey he expresses his ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/first-man-2018 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:33:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/first-man-2018
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cinematographer: Linus Sandgren
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:00:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/spider-man-3-2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dinosaur-2000 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:55:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dinosaur-2000
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Cinematographer: David R. Hardberger, Steven Douglas Smith
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jurassic-park-1993 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:32:20 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jurassic-park-1993
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007 Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:05:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/transformers-2007
Director: Michael Bay
Cinematographer: Mitchell Amundsen
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:19:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cinematographer: John Hora
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/amazon-1997 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:28:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/amazon-1997
Director: Kieth Merrill
Cinematographer: Mike Hoover
Both Indian shaman Julio Mamani and ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin seek medicinal plants in the basin of the Amazon River. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/alaska-spirit-of-the-wild-1998 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:28:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/alaska-spirit-of-the-wild-1998
Director: George Casey
Cinematographer: Rodney Taylor
A look at the Alaskan wilderness throughout the year, from the harsh winters to the rejuvenating spring, and the animals (including its human residents) who learn to adapt to the extremes ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/more-2-1998 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:13:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/more-2-1998
Director: Mark Osborne
Cinematographer: Mark Osborne
A worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mighty-joe-young-1998 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:13:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mighty-joe-young-1998
Director: Ron Underwood
Cinematographer: Donald Peterman, Oliver Wood
A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by a zoologist and a young woman whom he grew up with. A poacher from the past returns to seek vengeance on him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea-2-1999 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:06:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-old-man-and-the-sea-2-1999
Director: Aleksandr Petrov
Cinematographer: Sergey Reshetnikov
An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dolphins-2000 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:59:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dolphins-2000
Director: Greg MacGillivray
Cinematographer: Greg MacGillivray, Brad Ohlund
Experience how dolphins live and play, and unravel the mysteries of dolphin communication in this Academy Award-nominated IMAX film which takes you into the complex lives of these fascinating animals. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/one-eyed-jacks-1961 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:24:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/one-eyed-jacks-1961
Director: Marlon Brando
Cinematographer: Charles Lang
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955
Director: William Wyler
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-buccaneer-1958 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-buccaneer-1958
Director: Anthony Quinn
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-searchers-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-searchers-1956
Director: John Ford
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/high-society-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/high-society-1956
Director: Charles Walters
Cinematographer: Paul Vogel
A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:21:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what should be done with his body. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1956 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:20:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1956
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
An American physician and his wife take matters into their own hands after assassins planning to execute a foreign Prime Minister kidnap their son. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/funny-face-1957 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:20:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/funny-face-1957
Director: Stanley Donen
Cinematographer: Ray June
An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-2016 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:26:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-2016
Director: Zack Snyder
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/el-dia-de-la-bestia-1995 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:30:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/el-dia-de-la-bestia-1995
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Cinematographer: Flavio Martínez Labiano
A Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult to avert the birth of the beast, and with it, the end of the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-1982 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:22:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-1982
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. ]]>