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IMAX Filming Revamped: Van Hoytema Builds Silent Blimp Camera

5/12/2026

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Director and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, who have worked together on five of the director’s 13 films, aimed to shoot the latest project entirely in IMAX.
They built a sound-attenuating blimp casing for the IMAX camera to mute its noise during dialogue-heavy scenes, keeping the set quiet while short magazines were reloaded.
They added mirrors to the oversized camera so actors could maintain eye contact with each other.

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Story summary

Director and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, who have worked together on five of the director’s 13 films, aimed to shoot the latest project entirely in IMAX.
They built a sound-attenuating blimp casing for the IMAX camera to mute its noise during dialogue-heavy scenes, keeping the set quiet while short magazines were reloaded.
They added mirrors to the oversized camera so actors could maintain eye contact with each other.