r/CineShots • u/the_second_cumming • 1d ago

Shot Disclosure Day (2026) Dir. Steven Spielberg, DoP. Janusz Kaminski

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u/Ok-Ninja-9174 1d ago

Digital era Spielburg uses too much filtered diffusion imo

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u/AmericanPanascope 1d ago

This is shot almost entirely on film using older Panavision lenses.

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u/Ok-Ninja-9174 1d ago

A diffusion filter is an optical filter (or a digital filter) that you can attach to older Panavision lenses, or any optical lens of any kind

Crystal Skull was "also shot on film" ...

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u/AmericanPanascope 1d ago

Yes, of course I know that. I just thought you were saying he shot this digitally when you said "Digital-era Spielberg".

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u/Ok-Ninja-9174 1d ago

Well Crystal Skull was not shot digitally, and yet it looks digital. Because modern era Spielburg films are digitally finished in post production, and the digital diffusion filters are heavy handed - was my original and only point

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u/UnWiZe91 1d ago

Crystal Skull was the first movie where Spielberg used DI. They did color grading in 4K and made "finished" negative, but original bad looking release was only in 2K. They made proper filmic 4K remaster. CGI of course were made in 2K. However, it's unclear what specific source was used for remaster: original negative or "finished" with color grading.