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I bet it was cheaper to do that way. They shot the original footage at full frame because it's easier. It's not THAT much more expensive to build 16 ft. scenery flats than it is to build 12 ft. flats. Most of that stuff gets reused and recycled, anyhow. They probably pulled half the stuff out of storage. What you get from all that is the ability to decide what format to make the film when you get down to final editing.
Then, when you get to the editing room, you can make the film for 1.85, 1.66, 16mm or any of the other, various, video/internet formats. (Not that they had digital distro in those days.) If you ever decide to re-release to video or anything else, you've got the flexibility you need to do what you want.
If they had shot the movie in, say, 1.85 with hard mattes, they'd be stuck with that.
Rocky Horror wasn't supposed to be an epic, cinematic masterpiece. It was meant to be a one-off thing...brain candy...just for fun. Nobody ever imagined that it would reach the cult status it has, today. Tim Curry certainly didn't! I bet he'd rather forget it ever happened!
The movie was made on the quick and cheap... Git 'er done!
When we present the movie, today, it's important to do our jobs well but it's also important to remember how and why the movie was originally made and to temper our work attitudes to that.
So, as I said, do your job and be a professional but don't sweat so many of the details. They certainly didn't when they made the movie!
Then, when you get to the editing room, you can make the film for 1.85, 1.66, 16mm or any of the other, various, video/internet formats. (Not that they had digital distro in those days.) If you ever decide to re-release to video or anything else, you've got the flexibility you need to do what you want.
If they had shot the movie in, say, 1.85 with hard mattes, they'd be stuck with that.
Rocky Horror wasn't supposed to be an epic, cinematic masterpiece. It was meant to be a one-off thing...brain candy...just for fun. Nobody ever imagined that it would reach the cult status it has, today. Tim Curry certainly didn't! I bet he'd rather forget it ever happened!
The movie was made on the quick and cheap... Git 'er done!
When we present the movie, today, it's important to do our jobs well but it's also important to remember how and why the movie was originally made and to temper our work attitudes to that.
So, as I said, do your job and be a professional but don't sweat so many of the details. They certainly didn't when they made the movie!
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