Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters

Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863196

By Havoc0213 - May 6th, 2016, 6:15 pm

- May 6th, 2016, 6:15 pm#4863196

I have 3 film cels from the police escort when the Ghostbusters leave the mayor's office, but the cels are from an alternate angle not used in the movie. The screenshot I took (shown below) is the approximate moment these cels were shot and the red arrow points to about where I believe the camera was.

Here is the question. Does anyone know where this shot is used? Was it in a trailer for the movie?

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Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863207

By mrmichaelt - May 6th, 2016, 8:06 pm

- May 6th, 2016, 8:06 pm#4863207

These cels are vaguely familiar. I want to say it was a 1984 "The Making of Ghostbusters" featurette on the 1999/2005 DVD under grab bag or something. Maybe an EPK...

Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863214

By Sav C - May 6th, 2016, 9:42 pm

- May 6th, 2016, 9:42 pm#4863214

I'm pretty sure it's from the teaser

It's cool that you've got the cels.

"The Brave, The Best, The Only, Ghostbusters"

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Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863218

By Havoc0213 - May 6th, 2016, 11:52 pm

- May 6th, 2016, 11:52 pm#4863218

Sav C wrote:I'm pretty sure it's from the teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJlXMZoMSc

It's cool that you've got the cels.

"The Brave, The Best, The Only, Ghostbusters"

Whoa, there it is! Thank you clearing that up for me, it has been bugging me all day. After watching the teaser I recognized one other film cel that I have. It's of the clip where the firehouse doors are open to reveal the car.

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Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863279

By Sav C - May 7th, 2016, 10:56 am

- May 7th, 2016, 10:56 am#4863279

Havoc0213 wrote:Whoa, there it is! Thank you clearing that up for me, it has been bugging me all day. After watching the teaser I recognized one other film cel that I have. It's of the clip where the firehouse doors are open to reveal the car.

I'm glad I could help! It's interesting that the cels are letterboxed, instead of being stretched. Was Ghostbusters not shot with an anamorphic lens? I know Ghostbusters II was shot anamorphically, due to the bokeh.

Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863284

By Havoc0213 - May 7th, 2016, 11:37 am

- May 7th, 2016, 11:37 am#4863284

Sav C wrote: I'm glad I could help! It's interesting that the cels are letterboxed, instead of being stretched. Was Ghostbusters not shot with an anamorphic lens? I know Ghostbusters II was shot anamorphically, due to the bokeh.

That's a good question. After looking back at what I have it seems like the cels that come from the teaser are letterboxed while the rest from the actual movie are stretched. Interesting.

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Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863286

By Sav C - May 7th, 2016, 12:17 pm

- May 7th, 2016, 12:17 pm#4863286

Maybe the theaters didn't want to put on an anamorphic lens to project a teaser? It's definitely interesting.

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Re: Film Cels from a shot not used in the final cut of Ghostbusters#4863694

By Sav C - May 10th, 2016, 10:18 pm

- May 10th, 2016, 10:18 pm#4863694

Just watched Ghostbusters, it clearly starts out shot with an anamorphic lens, but then for the ending it seems to switch to a spherical lens. Did the budget get tight and they had to switch to shooting 2 perforations (like the spaghetti westerns) instead of four? Or maybe it had to do with VFX and composites. I'm completely confused.