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Inglourious Basterds

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Color by Yvan Lucas. Read this article to learn how he became a color timer working exclusively on prints and how he started moving to digital grading. Quote: „colour timing is a technique that everybody can learn, but the most important thing is to understand and interpret the artistic thoughts of the director and cinematographer into colour.“

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Inglourious Basterds (2009) / Directed by Quentin Tarantino / © Universal Pictures

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Inglourious Basterds (2009) / Directed by Quentin Tarantino / © Universal Pictures

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Inglourious Basterds (2009) / Directed by Quentin Tarantino / © Universal Pictures

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Inglourious Basterds (2009) / Directed by Quentin Tarantino / © Universal Pictures

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

DIRECTED BY: Quentin Tarantino
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Richardson
PRODUCTION DESIGN: David Wasco
ART DIRECTION: Marco Bittner Rosser, Stephan O. Gessler, Sebastian T. Krawinkel, David Scheunemann, Steve Summersgill
COSTUME DESIGN: Anna B. Sheppard
SET DECORATION: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
COLORIST: Yvan Lucas
CAST: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Mélanie Laurent
ASPECT RATIO:
2.39 : 1

CAMERA:
Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo, G-Series, ATZ, AWZ2 and Cooke Lenses
Panavision Panaflex Millennium, Panavision Primo, G-Series, ATZ, AWZ2 and Cooke Lenses

NEGATIVE FORMAT:
35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision3 500T 5219)

CINEMATOGRAPHIC PROCESS:
Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Panavision (anamorphic) (source format)
Spherical (some shots)

PRINTED FILM FORMAT:
35 mm (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI)
D-Cinema
PRODUCTION:
USA, Germany

PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
A Band Apart
Studio Babelsberg
Visiona Romantica

DISTRIBUTED BY:
Universal Pictures (International)
Behind the Scenes – Sources:
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/mediaviewer/rm3056371712/
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/mediaviewer/rm1451002368/
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/mediaviewer/rm3871508736/
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/mediaviewer/rm3754068224/