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Author Topic: Movie's Aspect Ratio "changing"? Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-23-2012 11:33 PM                     The only thing I've noticed is that some scenes are letter boxed.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-24-2012 01:48 AM                     But if you were to actually show that scene in scope, you would be cutting off the effect of the fish leaving the apparent frame.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-24-2012 09:05 PM                        What's the format designation in the file name? F or S?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-25-2012 12:22 AM                     It is "F". One is supposed to run it Flat and let it do its thing within that frame (which is the largest shy of a "C" or full-container).  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-25-2012 01:37 AM                     I have not seen this film, nor do I care to, but whatever. Running sections of a movie letterboxed is bound to bring complaints. This whole thing seems a bit silly to apparently, watch a fish jump into the letterbox. Really? Surely I am missing something.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-27-2012 12:31 PM                     More (film) examples: Biutiful ...and Spike Lee's CROOKLYN (1994)  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-27-2012 02:44 PM                     There are examples of going from Academy aperture for an intro and then into the full screen...like Popeye or The Road Warrior.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-27-2012 02:50 PM                     Ooooh, oooh! Mister Kotter! That reminds me! One of my all-time favorite movies -- "Superman: The Movie" (1978) -- did that also. But at least they padded out the scope screen with curtains on either side of the little black-and-white prologue.  |  IP: Logged Geoff Jones Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 579 From: Broomfield, CO, USA Registered: Feb 2006 posted 11-27-2012 08:08 PM                        Dark Knight films switch ratios also. But I agree. It does seem weird to switch ratios for one scene.  |  IP: Logged Mattias Mattsson Film Handler Posts: 90 From: Göteborg, Sweden Registered: May 2007 posted 11-28-2012 12:56 AM                     Maybe you guys have heard about a little film called THIS IS CINERAMA (1952)?  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-28-2012 05:52 AM                     A Ratio change is very common in the early widesceen movies (such as THIS IS CINERAMA and the 3-strip works) and early Imax movies. It's a trick to make the giant screen look even bigger. TO FLY, one of the most famous true-IMAX movies, starts with a man launching a balloon in the center of the screen then goes full-screen as the balloon takes off. Very effective. A similar trick is used with the sound in THIS IS CINERAMA. The overture is mono and sounds like elevator music. This makes it even more impressive when Lowell Thomas says "THIS IS CINERAMA" and the 7-track sound kicks in.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-28-2012 05:05 PM                     It's all relative. This reminds me of one of my favorite movie quotes: "If you wanna look thin, hang around fat people." -- Rodney Dangerfield, in "Back to School"  |  IP: Logged

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