Posted by Vincent at spider-wj084.proxy.aol.com on September 10, 2000 at 18:03:37:
In Reply to: Hey VINCENT! posted by Filthy Peace Punk on September 09, 2000 at 16:42:11:
: Hey, what are the technical terms for "Hard-matted" and "soft-matted"
: Thanks//Peace
: Jake
Those *ARE* the technical terms. Hard-matted means the matte is actually
recorded onto the print- this can be done either during the actual filming
by putting a matte in front of the lens, or during the print making
process. In effect, a hard-matted print is letterboxed. Soft-matted means
that there is no actual masking recorded onto the print, so it's up the the
theater to figure it out themselves whether or not they're projecting the
correct portion of the image. The abundance of soft-matted films is
largely responsible for the abundance of boom-mikes that people often
complain of seeing in 1.85:1 films. If the *RIGHT* part of the frame was
being projected you wouldn't see them, but since there aren't any
guidelines really on the print, the theaters often mess up and matte too
much off the bottom and not enough off the top, or vice versa.