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In Reply to: When is 16:9 not 16:9 ? posted by kyzyltuva on October 15, 2002 at 07:29:20:
But it's not the only theatrical film ratio. If the director wants to go for an epic feel or very wide shots, he/she will opt for 2.35:1, which is wider (and thus narrower) than 16:9. (See my post below.) You were watching a 16:9 OAR film on a 16:9 display.Original aspect ratios (OARs) are not standard in the filmm industry. Our old TV sets were 4:3 because most films until the early 1950s were released in that aspect ratio. With the advent of free TV boadcasting, studios hit upon widecsreen films as a method of giving the consumer "more" thus luring tham back to movie theaters. So we had all variety of widescreen formats - cinerama, cinemascope, etc.
Most theatrical films today are released in either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 (not 70mm, that's too expensive, films like LOTR and Star Wars are shot in 35mm or Super 35. AOTC was shot on HD video. If you want to have the rare 70mm experience, go see the re-release of Lawrence of Arabia.) 2:35 is skinnier (wider) than 16:9. That's why you see narrow bars top and bottom on a 16:9 display. You'd see very large bars top and bottom on a 4:3 set.
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As long as we're on the subject ...
would that be > 2:1 ?
Damn bifocals. I meant to say when looking ay Star Wars you were watching a 2.35:1 movie on a 16:9 display.Sorry!
Oh, now I get it, so LOTR and AOTC/PMenace are wider than
16:9. BTW, when I divide 16 by 9 I get 1.777, not 1.85,
so does that mean that even normal films will still have
a little letter boxing effect?
On a 4:3 unit one feels as though the film is being viewed through the visor of a knight's helmet.As for 70mm, Very few theatres posses the projection equipment any more. What is typically seen is a 35mm print (they were always done as well because 70mm was for high end theatres). 70mm prints are amazing, when one can find a theatre that can show them.
Around the World in Eghty Days? How the West Was Won? Seeing them now, they're almost too hard to watch, for me anyway. Ben Hur blew my mind when I was seven years old. Ah, the days of road show movies.I've been lucky enough to see Lawrence of Arabia a few times in 70mm - gorgeous!
Yes, I remember Cinerama. They used 3 cameras /projectors to film /project the image. It was quite an experience, especially for its time (early 60's). I saw 'The wonderful world of the brothers Grimm', 'How the west was won', '7 wonders of the world', 'Its a Mad,Mad,Mad World' and my favorite 'Grand Prix' in Cinerama. The extremely wide screen gave you peripheral vision, and was the first film to give you the feeling (at least visually) of being there. IMax does a similar thing today, although they use a single camera and projector.
...there is a theater there that has a Cinerama set-up and shows the films in original format. The guy had a tough time locating 3 projectors - parts aren't easy to come by either.
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