Bluray and Letterbox format

oldbag

oldbag

oldbag

Soldato
Joined
14 Oct 2003
Posts
7,831
Ok, so I use my PS3 to play Bluray films which is hooked up to an HD LCD Sony, so why do they insist on shooting some bluray movies in letterbox format? What's wrong with 16:9?
 
Directors don't normally shoot on how it looks on TV, even HD, but when viewed at a cinema. I know some people are a bit anal about having pictures fill the whole screen but I'd rather see film in the format it was supposed to be viewed.
 
Have you ever been to a cinema? How many films have you seen? There are many different aspect ratios for film and it's down to the director's choice.....why do so many people think they know better?

I don't get why people have started complaining with BR, DVDs have been like this for ages.

Sorry for the rant, but it's as if people have never been the cinema and seen a film before?
 
Warbie said:
Directors pick 2.35:1 because it just has more of a wow factor than 16:9.
Click to expand...

no

directors pick 2.35:1 because despite us all owning fancy digital TVs and Blu Ray players, hollywood movies are filmed on good old fashioned celluloid.

And thats the size of the frames in the reel of film. So thats what bluray uses, as its closer to the directors original vision

Same thing goes with 24 frames per second films, or 24p. Because thats what the film cameras roll at ..
 
I find a 2.35:1 provides a more dramatic experience. There are various articles/interviews floating about in which people agree - it fills you peripheral vision and puts you more in the movie. I've watched 2.35:1 movies via an anamorphic lense and 16:9 movies on screens of the same surface area and the latter always looks smaller and less impressive.

I doubt directors would continue to use celluloid if they thought a different aspect ratio would give a better experience.
 
I prefer 16:9. Some of the shots from the Dark Knight Blu-Ray in this format are awesome. Black bars at the top and bottom of my screen make me cry (not literally)
 
Either get a projector or enjoy the film how they are shot (which is to be displayed on the big screen, not a digital Tv :))
Here is a pic to help:
zof9r8.jpg
 
What the hell is everyone muttering about here. They don't shoot the film in the format it is viewed on the cinema screen or the DVD screen. They shoot it on 35mm film which goes through what is called an editting process. It is here the format takes place. Because the changes in digital technology are taking place slowly the screen bar balance will change. But screens will get wider to take up the imbalance.
What you see from a Blu-Ray or a standard DVD is nothing like what you wuld see at a cinema because of the compression elevation. No matter if you have DVD or Blu-Ray - the film is still compressed or they just wouldn't get it on the disc.
 
Just get a bigger tele. It's what I am busy trying to do. Only wanted a 42" as a 2.35:1 image would be the same height as my 37" is fullscreen. Due to a series of annoying events, I will now be getting a 46" tele...

I agree with some that it is annoying losing so much of the screen to black bars, but the wider aspect ratio really does look nice.
 
ScarySquirrel said:
I prefer 16:9. Some of the shots from the Dark Knight Blu-Ray in this format are awesome. Black bars at the top and bottom of my screen make me cry (not literally)
Click to expand...

I really like how they did the wide landscape shots of the city in 16:9. I must admit the black bars did annoy me because I think the impact of fullscreen is a lot better. But I wont lose a load of my image/quality by zooming. So now I stick with the black bars and just enjoy the movie!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom