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I've been following the widescreen vs. 4:3 thread for a while, now.
Who is to say what the director wanted you to see? Why, the director, of
course. The person who made the movie chose a widescreen format. The last
4:3 movie I was in a theater was "The Blair Witch Project" which was that
way by design.
Yes, it *is* true that sometimes a 4:3 frame will show more vertical
information than the 2.35:1 or even 1.85:1 frame. In other words, they
showed more of the original 4:3 frame of film. This happens all the time -
especially on movies shot on Super35.
Watch the behind the scenes of Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition. You'll see
how Cameron edits the Super35 frame for both the widescreen and 4:3 (AKA:
Fullscreen) versions. There's one scene in particular - Sarah and Kyle in a
dream sequence in the Pescadero Hospital - you see Cameron's monitor (a 4:3
display). Superimposed is a 2.35:1 rectangle and a 4:3 rectangle. His
editing suite allows him to move the 2.35:1 rectangle up or down (or even
make it smaller, if he desired). It also allowed him to move the 4:3 box all
around the screen and up to the full size of the original frame.
The end result was that there are scenes in the movie where the 4:3 frame
exists inside the 2.35:1 frame and there are other times where the 2.35:1
frame exists inside the 4:3 frame.
Bottom line: He's creating a "new vision" for the DVD 4:3 market as he
produces the DVD. Now... this is made easier due to filming in Super35, but
every director has to do "something" when (if) he produces a "fullscreen"
version of a "Widescreen" movie.
My preference? Widescreen was the "original vision". My 16:9 HDTV plays
2.35:1 with only the smallest of black bars across the top and bottom of my
screen. I choose widescreen and I never look back.
OK... one exception. In the movie "Rock Star", Jennifer Aniston is wearing a
cute little number to Mark Wahlberg's first concert - a nice little
semi-transparent thing. In one scene - in the 4:3 version - you can see she
is wearing a thong. You see the whole thing - along with her lovely ass.
Nice. In the 2.35:1 version, the image is cropped at about her waist. Major
bummer. I really hated widescreen at that moment. But I got over it.
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Chris
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I've been following the widescreen vs. 4:3 thread for a while, now.
Who is to say what the director wanted you to see? Why, the director, of
course. The person who made the movie chose a widescreen format. The last
4:3 movie I was in a theater was "The Blair Witch Project" which was that
way by design.
Yes, it *is* true that sometimes a 4:3 frame will show more vertical
information than the 2.35:1 or even 1.85:1 frame. In other words, they
showed more of the original 4:3 frame of film. This happens all the time -
especially on movies shot on Super35.
Watch the behind the scenes of Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition. You'll see
how Cameron edits the Super35 frame for both the widescreen and 4:3 (AKA:
Fullscreen) versions. There's one scene in particular - Sarah and Kyle in a
dream sequence in the Pescadero Hospital - you see Cameron's monitor (a 4:3
display). Superimposed is a 2.35:1 rectangle and a 4:3 rectangle. His
editing suite allows him to move the 2.35:1 rectangle up or down (or even
make it smaller, if he desired). It also allowed him to move the 4:3 box all
around the screen and up to the full size of the original frame.
The end result was that there are scenes in the movie where the 4:3 frame
exists inside the 2.35:1 frame and there are other times where the 2.35:1
frame exists inside the 4:3 frame.
Bottom line: He's creating a "new vision" for the DVD 4:3 market as he
produces the DVD. Now... this is made easier due to filming in Super35, but
every director has to do "something" when (if) he produces a "fullscreen"
version of a "Widescreen" movie.
My preference? Widescreen was the "original vision". My 16:9 HDTV plays
2.35:1 with only the smallest of black bars across the top and bottom of my
screen. I choose widescreen and I never look back.
OK... one exception. In the movie "Rock Star", Jennifer Aniston is wearing a
cute little number to Mark Wahlberg's first concert - a nice little
semi-transparent thing. In one scene - in the 4:3 version - you can see she
is wearing a thong. You see the whole thing - along with her lovely ass.
Nice. In the 2.35:1 version, the image is cropped at about her waist. Major
bummer. I really hated widescreen at that moment. But I got over it.
--
Chris
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