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I hate black bars around movies
- Thread starter Sid
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OP is asking for this.
The big money in movie making is still in the cinema box office. Unless that changes they're going to keep targeting that primarily and not the small portion of people who can't live with a couple of bars around the video.
If by support you mean don't pretend it's unbearable than sure.
Never thought I'd see someone advocate for pan and scan.
You can shoot in a film like aspect ratio with a digital camera no problem. Many films are shot this way.
You can shoot in a film like aspect ratio with a digital camera no problem. Many films are shot this way.
People? If you mean the OP and maybe 0.000000000001% of the movie going public, sure. There is no demand to fuck with the aspect ratio of theatrical films for tv.
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Turner Classic Movies: Letterbox
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It's better than cutting out half the film. I remember how Jaw's autopsy scene looked confusing to me when I was younger because it was edited to fit the screen and was missing important images.
haha i can't imagine watching a really old film yawn fest like that?!!
i only watch cool films like Avengers which has the greatest acting and action ever
it's so well shot, the angles are really flat so i know what's happening at all times
looks sick on my iphone too
at least old films like the Dark Knight have colour and sound! I can't imagine the unbearable torture of a film that didn't have either lol!
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This was the only reason I opened this threadOP, I think you forgot something.
Personally, I'd rather more directors start shooting in 16:9, since these films are going to live far longer on people's TVs than they will for the couple of months that they're in the theater.
You just took me back to when I was 16, working at Best Buy, and 1/3 of customers would ask for a DVDs "without those black bars cutting off the picture". Obviously they'd ignore me and Randy telling them that letterbox actually provides the complete picture, and FS crops things out. Randy would even try to give them a visual using the box and his hands, to no avail. Good times.
Shout out to Randy.
Shout out to Randy.
I wouldn't say it bothers me, but it also would be nice if there was a way to preserve the full image without needing the bars.
I was watching Joker recently, and was a bit taken back with surprise how it had taken up my entire screen. It was rather nice and I wish other films did it. But again, not at the cost of butchered content
I was watching Joker recently, and was a bit taken back with surprise how it had taken up my entire screen. It was rather nice and I wish other films did it. But again, not at the cost of butchered content
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It's lockdown, watching a lot of movies...that's why
Same
If it's not 4:3 pan and scan I'm not even watching the movie.
Give me full image and fake pans or nothing
Give me full image and fake pans or nothing
Should we tell OP that you can even have different aspect ratios in the same movie if the director wanted so ?
It happens also in TV shows sometimes, like Season 4 of the Expanse who use different ratios for scenes that take place in the solar system and those who are not. So he'd get black bars half an episode.
I'm firmly on the give me those black bars please camp. The other day, i stumbled on a Buffy rebroadcast on TV and those maniacs cropped the images so there would not be black bars on the side. Heresy !
It happens also in TV shows sometimes, like Season 4 of the Expanse who use different ratios for scenes that take place in the solar system and those who are not. So he'd get black bars half an episode.
I'm firmly on the give me those black bars please camp. The other day, i stumbled on a Buffy rebroadcast on TV and those maniacs cropped the images so there would not be black bars on the side. Heresy !
I don't think there is a single director on the planet that cares more about how a film appears on television than how it appears in theaters.
I'm saying that they should, especially since theaters probably won't be around anymore in a couple of years...
With the rise of streaming service original movies, there definitely are.
Personally, this is one of my main motivations for wanting an OLED TV. Then I can ignore the black bars in a pitch black room.
Why wouldn't theaters be around in a couple years? Corona not withstanding the theatrical market is booming. Theaters are by and large where most of the money is made for films.
There are valid cinematography reasons to have different aspect ratios though
That's the only time I've ever come across it in video. I used to intentionally windowbox old games if it meant preserving an n*native resolution though
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Why would I care about the purity of a language I don't speak if there is nothing lost in translation? Also people are defending widescreen because the alternative is worse, not because they don't want it to fill their screens.
And what happens if people start getting larger screens like we are with phones and computer monitors? People will be stuck with a smaller aspect ratio for no reason.
To be fair to OP, there are probably a lot of people who don't realise why things are the way they are, and why there are 3 different aspect ratios.
They literally want every pixel on the TV to be filled. Which is fair enough! If you have a smaller TV I suppose I could see why that is an issue.
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They literally want every pixel on the TV to be filled. Which is fair enough! If you have a smaller TV I suppose I could see why that is an issue.
Video Aspect Ratio Explained – How Different Aspect Ratios Affect Your Video Style
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