Monday, June 8, 2009

IMAX fo sho!

Every morning I check updates on the 10 sites that I have bookmarked. A true fan does what it takes to keep updated on EVERYTHING that is going on in the TF world. Whether it's movie news, toys, or even new stuff from different countries, I am on top of it all! I NEED to be...me=obsession.
So I was on Bay's website that he updates every so often. Today's news was probably the best I've heard in a while about the movie. I was going to watch ROTF in IMAX anyways but this made it a defiant watch for me. I know that the theater is about an hour aways but for this; I'll drive 2 hours just to watch it!! I heard earlier that Devastator has a sick scene in IMAX but extended footage and more fighting. HELL YEAH!!! MORE MORE MORE!!! This is what Bay has to say:

Hey everyone,

In Japan today. After a month and half seven days a week most days going till midnight me and my crew have just about finished Transformers. I have never seen such a level of dedication from every crew member in a movie before.

Even today after the press in Japan and right before the premiere tonight, I have to sneak out to a digital house to approve the last few effect shots.

It has been a long hard road, but really fun one to travel. What you will notice that is strikingly different than Transformers 1, is the level of animation detail. The robot characters (42 in all), you really can feel empathy for them. What is also very different is the sheer scale of the movie. We have been very tight holding back much of the best imagery in commercials and trailers.

The way to see this movie is on IMAX. Never before has there been 4k rendered character animation shot on full IMAX 70 mm film. This is a first and the results are stunning. You will see Optimus Prime in a few shots where he is actually perfectly to scale on the IMAX 50 foot tall screens.

For IMAX, I created a slightly longer cut with more robot fighting. Four scenes were shot on IMAX cameras so the screen will fill the full IMAX screen for these scenes.

Haters beware.

Michael

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