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 You might be asking “why is it the case?” or “why do they make prints with a bigger picture than intended?​”. It's simple, it's just because the camera they used fills the whole area of the film even if they intend to use only a portion of it. Adding a hard matte over it requires some effort that is not mandatory because the projectionnists will do it anyway You might be asking “why is it the case?” or “why do they make prints with a bigger picture than intended?​”. It's simple, it's just because the camera they used fills the whole area of the film even if they intend to use only a portion of it. Adding a hard matte over it requires some effort that is not mandatory because the projectionnists will do it anyway
  
-I like performing open matte scans; it's my preferred format. Sometimes, it gives clues about the camera/lens equipment used, or other times it clearly differentiates between F/X shots and in-camera ones. It also reveals a lot of mics, booms, light equipment, and crash mats. In all the scans I have made, nothing is more revealing than the street with parked cars behind the desert planet miniature set in +I like performing open matte scans; it's my preferred format. Sometimes, it gives clues about the camera/lens equipment used, or other times it clearly differentiates between F/X shots and in-camera ones. It also reveals a lot of mics, booms, light equipment, ​sets' edges and crash mats. In all the scans I have made, nothing is more revealing than the street with parked cars behind the desert planet miniature set in 
 [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=zzDx4UW0JX8|Spacehunter:​ Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)]]. [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=zzDx4UW0JX8|Spacehunter:​ Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)]].
  
  
  
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