An epic journey of discovery into the world of anamorphic lenses.
SCOPE Chapter one is about the background of anamorphic. We show you the different flavours of widescreen cinema from Cinerama, over Cinemacope to 70mm and Techniscope.
We show you why anamorphic fell out of hollywoods favour, and why it made it back.
We explain the physics behind anamorphic lenses and what makes the image so diffrent to normal spherical lenses, what problems come with the process, practically and optically, we explore principles different lens designs, the fashion of anamorphic throughout cinemas history.
And while we are at it… we debunk some common misconceptions.

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00:00 - Intro
03:30 - Blade Runner Spoof

Part I - What is anamorphic all about?

05:44 - 1. What is an anamorphic lens

09:13 - 2. The road to widescreen

09:50 - Fox Grandeur
10:40 - Color & Sound
11:14 - Cinerama
12:37 - CinemaScope
14:20 - VistaVision
15:08 - Todd-AO
16:06 - CinemaScope 55
16:25 - Ultra & Super Pananvision 70
17:55 - Technirama
18:50 - Panavisions Dominance
19:35 - Techniscope
21:16 - Super 35
22:22 - Interchangeability of formats
23:25 - The end of the golden era & Rebirth

25:56 - 3. Anamorphic Characteristics – What makes an anamorphic image different

27:08 - A unique perspective
28:37 - Oval Bokeh
32:13 - A wider field of view
33:33 - Flares
36:10 - Distortions
38:09 - Asymmetrical lens breathing
39:09 - Softness
40:43 - Anamorfake


43:15 - 4. Lens Design
44:14 - Double Focus
44:44 - Mechanical Synchro
45:56 - Panavision Gottschalk
46:57 - Todd-AO
47:24 - Vari diopters
48:45 - Placement of Elements

Part II - The Poetry

5. The fashion of Anamorphic
50:47 - Styles of anamorphic shooting
54:16 - To mix or not to mix
57:51 - Composing for widescreen

1:00:26 - 6. No love lost
1:01:10 - Is anamorphic more cinematic?
1:04:00 - Anamorphic is unpractical?
1:05:42 - A matter of taste


1:07:29 - Stretch factors and the middle road
1:09:20 - Preview chapter two
1:10:35 - Thank you to all Partners & Team
1:14:21 - Kubrick Members