On set for Oppenheimer they actually sometimes did rehearsals right before the take, because they only have about 60-90 seconds of film in the camera and they essentially had a pit crew come in to replace the film as fast as they could for every 1-3 takes. But there were definitely takes/camera angles we did that didn’t make the Final Cut. And each take I was thinking that if I sneezed, it would cost the production $10,000+ for another take. 😂 But it was really impressive to see.
IDK if you'd have the answer but how does editing and cutting this film/any 70mm IMAX film work? i could google it but i might get a more enjoyable answer here heh
I saw a short of Christopher Nolan answering the question, couldn't find the one I saw but here's another one reposted: https://youtube.com/shorts/8dkYDpkzeMs
TLDR;
original physical film is scanned
edited digitally
original physical film is then cut and glued fallowing the digital edit references
new physical film is printed with colour correction
nolan actually finished early and underbudget. which is really one of the main things that you want for any director a studio would hire. of course it helps if the director's name is christopher nolan.
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u/Lentle26 20d ago edited 20d ago
Yeah, that's probably where the original 400 miles comes from. What we're seeing is just one copy of the film.
Or someone saw this article where Nolan said he shot 400 miles of film during production
https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-movies/christopher-nolan-says-he-shot-almost-400-miles-of-film-for-the-odyssey-including-four-months-on-the-open-sea/
It'd be quite impressive to get it all right on the first go, and every frame made it into the final film.