Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by TA (A) on December 20, 2002 at 11:02:19

In Reply to: Re: Please tell me... posted by SmokeTest on December 18, 2002 at 21:57:21:

directors are aware of the different framings and film with that in mind. directors also have a hand in recutting their films for airplanes and tv.

during shooting, many playback screens have rectaangular frames showing the picture as both widescreen and fullscreen in playback. often times the fullscreen does give you more on top and bottom (think of the two intersecting rectangles in a cross shape). the actual picture image shot is often bigger than what you see on screen at the theater - it's up to the theater to frame it correctly, else you might see the mike boom at the top of the picture.

"widescreen" that cuts out top and bottom compared to full screen is not deceptive advertising - widescreen a matter of framing the picture to make it look pleasing within that aspect ratio, not giving you more to the sides. often when you add width to the picture, you need to take off the top and bottom to make the image look better within that frame.