The following is what Amblin Entertainment registered on the IMDB Tech Specs page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15047880/?ref\_=ext\_shr\_lnk
COLOR: Color
ASPECT RATIO: 2.39:1
CAMERA: Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision C- and T-Series Lenses
NEGATIVE FORMAT: 35 mm
CINEMATOGRAPHIC PROCESS:
Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format)
Panavision (anamorphic) (source format)
I worked in the film industry, and both the Panavision C- & T- Series Lenses are definitively Anamorphic. The footage above, which is different than the rest of the trailer, definitely isn’t anamorphic.
Usually IMDB Tech Specs is very very accurate, we’ll get undeniable confirmation with the ACS Magazine article comes out (usually following release), with DP Janusz Kaminski, which is exhaustive of exactly the entire gamut of camera/lens/film-stock used.
If there are no spherical lenses used, or no black and white film-stock used (Spielberg & Kaminski are purists, converting colour to b&w is out of the question) – we will have a big gaping anomaly of the source and provenance of this footage.
by Patient_Meaning8486
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That clip caught my eye and as a joke I thought what if Spielberg got real Roswell footage. People always say he has connections. Its hard to imagine this would be allowed, but a fun what if?
Submission Statement: Analysing the insert footage in the Disclosure Day trailer of Roswell, and there are peculiarities with what the IMDB Tech Specs page (registered by the production company, Amblin).
This was my first thought though it looks like modern footage. Could be the color grading or something but it is an interesting idea. Unlikely to be real but fun to speculate.
I too, believed when i saw the trailer, that this roswell footage might be real. I have one arguement why.
If this movie is fictional and about implications of post disclosure world, why involve a supposed real life event, or real life place like “ roswell “ which many know has been a coverup. A fictional movie would rather have a name like “ wellington-ross “ or something like that to tease us and find clues.
No fucking way trump would have allowed Spielberg to steal his thunder
Not a chance
Jesus Christ
this is an absolutely ridiculous theory. on a number of levels.
I had a daja vu about this, i seen this post and comments before
I also work in the film industry. The way it’s lit tells me it’s recreation.
– upstage cinematic lighting consistent with the way Spielberg films usually look.
– haze for separation.
– cameras from that time that would have been used in this context don’t have anywhere close to this dynamic range.
– those contrast ratios.
– also the nature of the handheld camera move, it’s weighty. No jitters, it’s a sizable rig.
– films will mix spherical and anamorphic, film stocks, even film and digital all the time.
Now maybe they were shown something for context (not necessarily top secret material) and also studied filmstocks and lenses that might have been used for this type of documentation. Because obviously you’re going to do your research.
The second image has many consistencies with modern filmmaking and little to none with something from 1947. Even the first shot is way sharper than any old filmstock and old lens.
“Close encounters of the third kind” reference… at the end there Amen..
Ridiculous thing to say
The simple answer is the main unit shot on the IMDB specs listed, but the Roswell footage was purposely shot by a second unit with a different look. Happens all the time.
oh man that resolution is a tad too good shame
Too many people are struggling to realise that this a movie not a documentary.
This sub will be unbearable during the release cycle of this movie, won’t it?
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How old are you? You remind me of myself back in 2003 thinking the intro/outro of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was real lmao
Reeks of desperation
Leveraging the idea of Spielberg as the arbiter of disclosure is already an indulgence.
Yes, CE3K has *many* details that compare favorably to IRL reports. Hynek was literally in the film – not a huge leap to understand why ‘berg had the details squared away. Hynek wasn’t locked away in some bunker at the time though – it would be akin to using Nolan or, god forbid, Loeb as the template for some UFO Science Man trope in the modern era.
The charitable thought is the movie footage could be a repro of an original reel. If true, the details on the slate (in the frame you posted) could correlate to some relevant details not yet discussed in this thread, or known to this audience yet.
Loooooooooool! This was ironic, rihht?
It’s a Hollywood movie, so I’m guessing it’s a set, with paid actors and a script.
Not only that but Spielberg made the footage himself. He was there in Roswell. He’s one of the aliens. If you think about it really hard you’ll know that this is the only plausible answer for everything. Believe!
Haha! What? No. Universal, as a film production company, has access to an expansive archive of film cameras of all variety. Studios never throw away hard assets, they simply store them away in a warehouse. It wouldn’t be all that difficult to select the correct style camera and film stock, used in a particular era to recreate a desired look.
OP is why people don’t take UFOs seriously… because they’re not serious people. What a stupid fucking take.
While I can’t say I have any notable expectation that this is the case, I can’t say I hate the idea of it. If you think about it, it would kind of work well for all sides…
From the governments perspective, it would be a great way to discredit the footage in the event it leaked. “Oh that? That was just from that Spielberg film. Don’t believe everything you see on TV.”
From Spielberg’s perspective, he’s making the most accurate film possible and using his giant platform to get the truth/information to the most people.
From the average person’s perspective, they’re getting the truth and disclosure whether they realize it or not.
In a weird way, if that were the case, everyone wins… and I think that’s exactly why I don’t think it is plausible. It’s too clean and tidy of a situation…
Would be cool if it were true, though
Im confused. What’s this post going on about?
This made me legitimately laugh.
It’s a Hollywood movie
I am not an expert in anything and yet I can immediately tell that this is not the actual footage