The nominations for Best Picture and Best Cinematography seem to lead to a large format future.
Whether you believe the Academy Awards are an elaborate marketing plot to sell more movies or you truly believe in the magic, we won’t don our rose-colored glasses for this article.
After the last week or so, we’ve all had some time to deal with this year’s Oscar nominations, Oscar snubs, and an upset that still has people talking, but we haven’t had a chance to understand what the nominations mean for the future of movies.
What did we discover? Almost all of the movies were shot in large format. So, what is that, and what does this trend mean for moviegoers and filmmakers alike?
The Nominated Films
First, let’s take a look at all the nominated films for Best Cinematography, as well as who the Director of Photography was and what tools they used to capture these movies.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
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