Kodak just recently announced that Director Colin Trevorrow has made the decision to upgrade from the industry standard 35mm, choosing to follow famous directors like Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino by upgrading to 65mm.
Films that are shot on 65mm or 70mm films, like "The Hateful Eight" and "Inception," results in an IMAX level of quality and resolution. And because it's a higher-resolution format, the film looks a lot more vivid and crisper when played through a projection and on larger screens.
The next Star Wars movie will be epic
Abrams did not use it for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", choosing instead for the traditional 35mm, where the grainier details appeared and made it bland and very typical. Now, by using 65mm, the film will look hyper-realistic.
Chief marketing director and president of Kodak's consumer and film division Steve Overman said that as more directors take advantage of what technology is providing, better and higher quality films are being made.
The result will be more epics, like Star Wars or Nolan's upcoming Dunkirk are taking advantage of these technological advancements while still remaining to traditional analog film.
Tarantino on 70mm format
Tarantino has spoken about his preference for film, and the 70mm format most specifically. According to the director, the format that became popular during the '50s and '60s captures a certain kind of warmth that any technological advancement will never replicate.
Tarantino has also said that by simply having a larger frame to play around with when it comes to placing actors in different scenes is extremely crucial to him. He always made sure that audience would feel slightly claustrophobic, and being able to predict the framing along with capturing high-quality images have made all the difference.
Rogue One will have amazing visual enhancements
The next film in line for the Star Wars franchise is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is going to be the first stand-alone anthology movie.
Director Gareth Edwards decided to step away from film altogether, however, and shot the film using the Alexa 65mm 6K digital camera. This means audiences should be expecting an ultra-widescreen film when it's finally released on Dec. 16, 2016.
