How Christopher Nolan Is Pushing IMAX to Impossible Limits
Nolan’s The Odyssey uses over 2 million feet of IMAX film and new sound casing to capture intimate performances with unprecedented clarity, marking a first in narrative filmmaking.
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Christopher Nolan Shot ‘The Odyssey’ Entirely With Imax Cameras by Creating New Equipment So ‘You Can Shoot a Foot’ Away From an Actor’s Face and ‘Get Usable Sound’
'The Odyssey' is the first movie entirely shot with Imax cameras. Christopher Nolan was able to achieve this feat by creating new technology.
Has Christopher Nolan found a way to fix his past sound issues on The Odyssey? The new special IMAX cameras may be the key
While Christopher Nolan has gone from Batman films to heady sci-fi films to historical dramas, one thing that seemed to be a common issue throughout is the sound mixing on his films. In early IMAX prologue previews for 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, it became a problem when Tom Hardy’s Bane had his dialogue muffled by his mask. When the film was finally released, it was noticeably remixed with a clearer audio track. Since then, with movies like T…
"Odyssey" To Avoid The Nolan Sound Problem?
As we know, Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “The Odyssey” marks the first full-narrative major studio feature to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Speaking with Empire, some details of the film’s use of IMAX were revealed with the biggest revolution being the ‘blimp’, a new casing that significantly reduces the considerable noise that IMAX cameras produce and the big reason they’ve often had limited use in the past (along with physical size/weigh…
Christopher Nolan Says New IMAX Cameras on ‘The Odyssey’ Have Solved the Sound Problems of His Past Films
Much like most of Christopher Nolan’s movies, the dialogue in “Oppenheimer” was criticized by the usual suspects for being inaudible. The complaints centered on the fact that in the three-hour, dialogue-driven film, the sound mixing would at times muffle what the characters were saying.Nolan’s sound editing and mixing has always been a polarizing topic. Many have wondered why he never addresses the issue, given how frequently detractors bring it…
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