Posted by Vincent at bg-tc-ppp200.monmouth.com on May 12, 2001 at 09:37:39:
In Reply to: I've been wondering about the 1.5:1 thing... posted by goatboy116 on May 12, 2001 at 07:06:20:
- you'll just be cropping off the top and bottom of the picture.
My advice is to try it and see if the framing is okay in that mode. When we shot the film we were framing for possible blow-up to 35mm, so it theoritically *SHOULD* be possible to crop it to 1.78:1, but I personally prefer the taller 1.5:1 shape. We started doing the video transfer at 1.66:1, and while nothing *IMPORTANT* was matted off the image, it just felt too tight to me, so I had it opened up to 1.5:1, with one shot matted to 1.66:1 later in the film because we had to cover up some offending visual information in the shot (i.e., a dead man who kept breathing).
Vincent
: Is the A Better Place image wide enough to epand to 14:9 on a widescreen TV?
: Ian