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I am a student in film school and for my project, which I am shooting in a couple of days, I decided I want that aspect ratio, or something close to that. I am using the school's camera which has a 16:9 aspect ratio.
But does anyone know how I can get it to shoot at 2.35:1 particularly? I will be using either the Canon 5D or the Sony A7s II.
I'm not allowed to put magic lantern on the camera or anything like that to give me that aspect ratio, or not allowed to use software that will mess with the camera in that way. So is there any other way to get it?
I can think of a workaround but I don't know how practical is is for you. Can you shoot in 16:9 and crop the top and bottom during editing to achieve your 2.35:1 aspect ratio? If you crop the height by roughly 25% (12.5% each for top and bottom) you should have the look and ratio you want.
You would have to be careful when shooting that you don't have important content in the part that will be cropped out later. I'm not familiar with the cameras you mentioned. One thing you might be able to do is upload a 2.35:1 image to your camera's memory card. Then play it back and mask your viewfinder accordingly (with tape or something not too sticky) so you know where the safe action area will be when you are shooting.
Can you get a 2.35 anamorphic lens for your camera and shoot it in scope? I think that would be the easiest way to do it and the highest quality since you're using the whole 1.77 sensor instead of part of it. You'd have to project it through a similar reversal lens to produce the intended 2.35 scope image on screen.
They have an anamorphic adapter lens, which is a lens that goes on the end of whatever lens you are using. But the problem with this lens, is that even though it looks good in the wide shots, if you want to do a close up of a person in the shot, there is barrel distortion, which I want to avoid if possible.
Is it a universal atapter that screws onto the threaded end of the lens barrel(like a filter or a fisheye would)? Because I've been wanting to get one to do panoramic shots with my still cameras for some years now but haven't been able to find an affordable (<$500) one. Ive used them before and they're really great for nature scenery.
Yes it is. I did some tests with it. However, I do not like the look of it for two reasons:
1. The barrel distortion in the close up shots.
2. When shooting on real locations, they are often too small for an anamorphic lens. The lens shows so much range of a room, that most rooms are too small, where as regular lenses, can hide the lights, since they do not show near as much from side to side.
If I was working on expensive movies where we could afford sets, build specifically large enough for anamorphics than I would definitely take the anamorphic though.
However, on shoots where locations are small, and I have to hide things, I don't want the anamorphic lens, yet I still want an anamorphic shaped aspect ratio, since it looks more cinematic if that makes sense.
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