Devan Scott
@dagscott.bsky.social
Cinematographer | Colourist | Professor | Director [Vancouver, BC]
Host of 'How Would Lubitsch Do It'
www.movingimageagency.com | https://letterboxd.com/DevanAGScott/
Host of 'How Would Lubitsch Do It'
www.movingimageagency.com | https://letterboxd.com/DevanAGScott/
Interesting to note that the (UNRELIABLE) 35mm fan-scan that's floating around is somewheres in between the two home video releases in terms of the hue of the moonlight.
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Interesting to note that the (UNRELIABLE) 35mm fan-scan that's floating around is somewheres in between the two home video releases in terms of the hue of the moonlight.
Interesting data point: a number of the newer scenes that appear green in comparison to the old transfer are just normally white-balanced now - a fair amount of the old stuff is notably magenta.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Interesting data point: a number of the newer scenes that appear green in comparison to the old transfer are just normally white-balanced now - a fair amount of the old stuff is notably magenta.
(This is your biannual reminder that just because a digital home release has been around for ages doesn't make it accurate.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
(This is your biannual reminder that just because a digital home release has been around for ages doesn't make it accurate.)
Waiting for the /r/criterion "why is it so grainy now" takes.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Waiting for the /r/criterion "why is it so grainy now" takes.
/r/colorgrading in a nutshell
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
/r/colorgrading in a nutshell
You can see the dang pixelation/screen door effect in the inserts!
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You can see the dang pixelation/screen door effect in the inserts!
It will never not bug me when I see period pieces not even bother to hide the fact that they're using digital projectors to double for film projectors.
See THE BRESLAU MURDERS, in which they use a modern 1.78:1 screen and projector and don't even bother to matte off the black padding.
See THE BRESLAU MURDERS, in which they use a modern 1.78:1 screen and projector and don't even bother to matte off the black padding.
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It will never not bug me when I see period pieces not even bother to hide the fact that they're using digital projectors to double for film projectors.
See THE BRESLAU MURDERS, in which they use a modern 1.78:1 screen and projector and don't even bother to matte off the black padding.
See THE BRESLAU MURDERS, in which they use a modern 1.78:1 screen and projector and don't even bother to matte off the black padding.
A shot I stole while interviewing Frederick Elmes for
@viffest.bsky.social
@viffest.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A shot I stole while interviewing Frederick Elmes for
@viffest.bsky.social
@viffest.bsky.social
Rewatching THE PHANTOM THREAD and I *knew* I recognized that hotel.
October 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Rewatching THE PHANTOM THREAD and I *knew* I recognized that hotel.
I have been alerted to the fact that this is currently what emerges when you Google the lyrics to 'Born to Run'.
September 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have been alerted to the fact that this is currently what emerges when you Google the lyrics to 'Born to Run'.
The exterior wide shots - my single favourite element - are these bizarre blends of extremely early cinema techniques and cutting-edge digital composites.
August 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The exterior wide shots - my single favourite element - are these bizarre blends of extremely early cinema techniques and cutting-edge digital composites.
Same diegesis. Love it.
August 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Same diegesis. Love it.
Finally made the damn 21st century list. Chronological. Fifteen films from this century that I personally value, because three rows formats better than two.
June 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Finally made the damn 21st century list. Chronological. Fifteen films from this century that I personally value, because three rows formats better than two.
THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG: the Live.Die.Repeat of its era.
June 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG: the Live.Die.Repeat of its era.
Some extremely speculative tinting...
June 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Some extremely speculative tinting...
14. Plac Nowy last year / last night.
June 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
14. Plac Nowy last year / last night.
13. Stumbling around Kazimierz at night.
June 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
13. Stumbling around Kazimierz at night.
12. Some other views of Krakow which, for all the slander I inflict on it with Idziak filters, really is one of the more breathtaking places I'm fortunate enough to have become mildly familiar with.
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
12. Some other views of Krakow which, for all the slander I inflict on it with Idziak filters, really is one of the more breathtaking places I'm fortunate enough to have become mildly familiar with.
11. Fun fact: these aren't filtered. This is just what happens to your camera when you enter Krakow's market square. It's science.
May 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
11. Fun fact: these aren't filtered. This is just what happens to your camera when you enter Krakow's market square. It's science.
10. Scenes from Wroclaw's man-made archipelago on the Oder river.
May 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
10. Scenes from Wroclaw's man-made archipelago on the Oder river.
9. Had a moment of weakness and busted out the tilt-shift in Wroclaw just hours before a pretty horrendous football riot.
May 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
9. Had a moment of weakness and busted out the tilt-shift in Wroclaw just hours before a pretty horrendous football riot.
My first instinct is that we've got a "prints from separate regionalizations have both survived" case on our hands, but more digging is necessary.
May 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My first instinct is that we've got a "prints from separate regionalizations have both survived" case on our hands, but more digging is necessary.
So: uh, they uploaded a MOMA restoration of THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG to the Bundesarchiv, and it turns out it's a Czech-version-of-SUNRISE-level different cut than the Photoplay version. Different takes. Whole beats rearranged. Pacing changes. This is wild.
(Inset = Photoplay)
(Inset = Photoplay)
May 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So: uh, they uploaded a MOMA restoration of THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG to the Bundesarchiv, and it turns out it's a Czech-version-of-SUNRISE-level different cut than the Photoplay version. Different takes. Whole beats rearranged. Pacing changes. This is wild.
(Inset = Photoplay)
(Inset = Photoplay)