[opendtv] Re: Once again The Ten Commandments is on ABC tonight in stunnig 4:3
- From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:26:17 -0500
Cliff Benham wrote:
>The DVD is full 16:9 with no black bars anywhere.
>
>
What makes you think that is the correct aspect ratio? The VistaVision
frame was about 5:3, narrower than 16:9. Here's Paramount on the
"correct" aspect ratio for VistaVision movies:
"The finders on the VistaVision cameras carry a hairline framing marking
in the aspect ratio of 1.66/1. There will also be a frame line marking
for the 1.33/1 aspect ratio. The cameramen are instructed to compose for
a loose (meaning adequate head-room) 1.66/1 picture. A picture composed
in this way will play equally good at 1.85/1, it will play very
satisfactorily at 2/1 and it can be played at the old standard of 1.33/1."
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/vistavision.htm
Wider may be all the rage, but it's not necessarily what was intended.
The burning of Atlanta scene from "Gone With the Wind" is damaged as
badly in wide-aspect-ratio presentation as the chaise longue scene of
"How to Marry a Millionaire" is damaged by narrow-aspect-ratio presentation.
When "Dr. Stangelove" was restored, it was projected in its intended
1.66 aspect ratio, and critics noted how much they'd been missing on the
top and bottom in typical wider-aspect-ratio presentations.
TTFN,
Mark
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