V is for VistaVision

VistaVision is back, and cinematographers are rediscovering a love for a format that Paramount had shelved in the late 1950s. VistaVision has twice the negative area of standard 35mm. The same grain, texture and highlight behaviour you get from film - just more of it.

The Spring issue of Definition Magazine looks at the reasons behind the revival - speaking with DOP Robbie Ryan BSC ISC, who shot Bugonia on VistaVision. Along with Charlotte Barker, Director of Film Restoration & Preservation at Paramount Pictures, and Cinelab contributes to the piece, covering how the format sits within a contemporary lab and post workflow.

Cinelab were proud to have supported Robbie Ryan on Bugonia and handled VistaVision processing and scanning on Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, shot by cinematographer Linus Sandgren on 35mm film, including sequences on VistaVision.

We recently completed work on another eagerly anticipated VistaVision feature - more on that soon!

Read the full article in Definition Magazine - out now.