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Since I had no preconceptions about what I'd see in the movie I kept waiting (and dreading) the obligatory "money shots" of a witch finally doing something over the top like morphing into whatever right in front of the characters or turning into a rubbery CGI character and climbing up the ceiling or something. When the climax played itself out and the visuals were every bit as authentic as what came before, I absolutely was elated.
 
Khev and I were discussing Star Wars aspect ratios and it reminded me of this...

THE VVITCH was actually filmed for 1.66:1 aspect ratio (Eggers' preference). But in most theaters it was presented (i.e. cropped on top and bottom) in standard 1.85:1.

This means many will actually be seeing the "whole" frame of the film for the first time on the Blu-ray/DVD :)
 
Wasn't The Artist filmed in that ratio? Other than that there were a few scenes in The Grand Budapest Hotel that were 1.66:1 and that's all that I can think of (for modern films obviously.) Oh wait, the first half of Galaxy Quest but I don't believe it ever made it to home video that way.
 
Here's what he (Eggers) had to say about it:

I love taller aspect ratios. A center framed closeup in 1.33 is my favorite thing in the world. I don’t know why “wide” equals epic or grand today. Look at classical paintings… are they in 2.35? Look at the Hudson River School Paintings, some are near 1.85, but most are taller, some square, some vertical! All epic.

With The Witch, I needed the frame to be taller in order to make the trees more imposing, and we needed to be able to look “up” to God. Also, it makes the interiors more claustrophobic. Because the native aspect ratio of the Alexa Plus is 4:3, we are using more of the sensor and therefore have more resolution by shooting 1.66:1 – another small advantage. We used vintage Cookes from the 40s, but any lens would have accommodated this.
 
Where did this guy come from? What is he going to do next? I must know! :panic:

He's from New England :rock

Oh, you mean what did he do before... ;)

He's been a Production Designer and Costume Designer and made a few short indie films, but THE WITCH was his first actual feature film. One hell of a debut. :google

Next up:

- A "medieval epic" called THE KNIGHT

- A TV miniseries about the life (and infamous death) of Rasputin

- A remake of NOSFERATU


All sound awesome! :rock
 
Loved reading through this thread. Ive been looking for an excuse to see this again and I think I may be taking my mom and sister tonight. My mom is not going to know what the hell is going on as she only sees the most typical Hollywood movies, bt I'm interested in my sisters reaction as she loves horror movies and loved the trailer. The first time I saw it I didn't think to hard about it and really didn't understand everything 100% so I'm excited to see it again. The last few minutes hit me like a train and its all ive been thinking of for a couple of weeks.
 
^ added to that, I hope the excess nudity and slight incest vibes don't bother them. Its tough being a horror fan with the family because a lot seems to be focused on sex, and since my sister is younger than me Ive always tried to avoid those situations in the movies we watch (near impossible in horror).
 
Most would be surprised to learn that CGI was actually used for this film.

:-o

But, don't worry... It wasn't in a cheesy way or even augmenting things in camera. For safety and legal reasons any scene in which Charlie the Goat (Black Phillip) was in with the two younger kids he had to be on a leash that was held off camera by the trainer. This included the scene where they're all dancing and prancing around. The leash was later removed via CG. That's it. :p
 
Caution...the following information will blow your fawking mind! Open at you own risk.


Ben Solo was seduced by Black Phillip!

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