10 Hidden Details You Completely Missed In Outstanding Biopics
1. The Film Was Shot In Three Different Formats - Steve Jobs
Instead of producing a traditional biopic which gradually told the story of how Steve Jobs became the ridiculously successful owner of Apple Inc., screenwriter Aaron Sorkin decided he'd focus on just three separate important events during a 14-year spell in his life when penning the script for the movie Steve Jobs (2015).
Director Danny Boyle then felt that he needed a way of showing how technology and the times were moving forward as we moved onto each different period. So, he eventually decided that he would shoot each distinct moment in time in a different format.
For the scene in 1984, when Michael Fassbender's Jobs reveals the first Macintosh, Boyle shot in 16mm film. Then for the 1988 part of the feature, the director opted for 35mm. Finally, the 1998 section of the film was shot in digital.
This definitely gave each segment of the biopic its own clear visual style and also made you feel like you were really travelling through time as the story progressed.
Though Kate Winslet was less than impressed by the subtle move, as she later remarked, "After the joys of a perfect complexion in '84, they then f*cked us over."
Charming.