https://shotonwhat.com/sound-systems/sonics-ddp The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:08:16 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:34:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Mauro Fiore
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. ]]> 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/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/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-batman-2022 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:04:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-batman-2022
Director: Matt Reeves
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement. ]]> 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/only-the-brave-2017 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:55:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/only-the-brave-2017
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cinematographer: Claudio Miranda
Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/skyfall-2012 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:56:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/skyfall-2012
Director: Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/top-gun-maverick-2022 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:01:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/top-gun-maverick-2022
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cinematographer: Claudio Miranda
]]> 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-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:52:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-fallout-2018 Mon, 27 May 2024 17:08:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mission-impossible-fallout-2018
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cinematographer: Rob Hardy
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/thor-ragnarok-2017 Sun, 26 May 2024 23:25:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/thor-ragnarok-2017
Director: Taika Waititi
Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe
Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-meg-2018 Fri, 24 May 2024 01:59:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-meg-2018
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dune-2-2020 Fri, 24 May 2024 01:20:23 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dune-2-2020
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cinematographer: Greig Fraser
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/wonder-woman-2017 Thu, 16 May 2024 18:03:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/wonder-woman-2017
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cinematographer: Matthew Jensen
When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-greatest-showman-2017 Sat, 11 May 2024 04:51:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-greatest-showman-2017
Director: Michael Gracey
Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zack-snyders-justice-league-2021 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:26:11 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zack-snyders-justice-league-2021
Director: Zack Snyder
Cinematographer: Fabian Wagner
Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League. Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-color-purple-2-2023 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:08:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-color-purple-2-2023
Director: Blitz Bazawule
Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-infinity-war-2018 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:30:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-infinity-war-2018
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cinematographer: Trent Opaloch
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ready-player-one-2018 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:36:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ready-player-one-2018
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminski
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/passengers-2016 Sat, 06 Nov 2021 22:49:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/passengers-2016
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/incredibles-2-2018 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 23:03:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/incredibles-2-2018
Director: Brad Bird
Cinematographer: Mahyar Abousaeedi, Erik Smitt
The Incredibles hero family takes on a new mission, which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/a-star-is-born-2018 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:59:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-star-is-born-2018
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cinematographer: Matthew Libatique
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bohemian-rhapsody-2018 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 21:32:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bohemian-rhapsody-2018
Director: Bryan Singer
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985). ]]> 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/superman-returns-2006 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:39:08 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/superman-returns-2006
Director: Bryan Singer
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world. ]]> 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/kung-fu-panda-2008 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:16:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kung-fu-panda-2008
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Cinematographer: Yong Duk Jhun
The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance. However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a novice in martial arts. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/xi-you-ji-da-nao-tian-gong-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:26:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/xi-you-ji-da-nao-tian-gong-2014
Director: Soi Cheang
Cinematographer: Man Po Cheung, Tao Yang
A monkey born from heavenly stone acquires supernatural powers and must battle the armies of both gods and demons to find his place in the heavens. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:28:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beowulf-2007
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Robert Presley
The warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) must fight and defeat the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover), who is terrorizing Denmark, and later, Grendel's Mother (Angelina Jolie), who begins killing out of revenge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:24:47 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007
Director: David Yates
Cinematographer: Slawomir Idziak
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/300-2006 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:10:08 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/300-2006
Director: Zack Snyder
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:37:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:38:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-trek-2009
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cinematographer: Dan Mindel
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/eagle-eye-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:14:15 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/eagle-eye-2008
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-2005 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:25:47 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-2005
Director: Tim Burton
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-2010 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:27:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-2010
Director: Mike Newell
Cinematographer: John Seale
A young fugitive Prince and Princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/under-the-sea-3d-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:43:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/under-the-sea-3d-2009
Director: Howard Hall
Cinematographer: Howard Hall
An underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/poseidon-2006 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:43:03 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/poseidon-2006
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematographer: John Seale
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-spiderwick-chronicles-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:14:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-spiderwick-chronicles-2008
Director: Mark Waters
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/toy-story-3-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:02:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/toy-story-3-2010
Director: Lee Unkrich
Cinematographer: Jeremy Lasky
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hubble-3d-2010 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:32:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hubble-3d-2010
Director: Toni Myers
Cinematographer: James Neihouse
An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. ]]>