THIS piece in Variety discusses filmmaker’s increasing acceptance of, and interest in, using IMAX technology for their projects.
We’ve known for some time that J.J.’s forthcoming STAR WARS movie would use IMAX in to some extent, but we were never quite sure how much of EPISODE VII would take advantage of the medium. Now we have more of an answer…
(Seems Christopher Nolan has been instrumental in swaying folks like Abrams and Michael Bay towards dabbling in the large format…)
Nolan has helped convince other top directors, such as J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay, to embrace the company, giving the megascreen format an injection of cool. Shooting in Imax gives their films a stamp of quality with the fanboys who can make or break a comicbook epic or space opera.
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The benefits outweigh the headache of shooting on Imax cameras,” says Abrams, who used them for a single sequence in “Star Wars.” “The opportunity to have an action sequence for this movie done in Imax’s natural format was too delicious an idea to pass up. As a filmgoer, it’s something I want to see.”
So there you have it. One scene. Maybe it’s a long scene? Or a mammothly important scene? Or one of the picture’s largest set pieces? Or, maybe it’s just one scene…
We’ll see when STAR WARS EPISODE VII opens December 2015.
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Glen Oliver
“Merrick”
