[opendtv] Re: Aspect ratio (of Matrix Reloaded)
- From: "Alan Roberts" <roberts.mugswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:51:21 -0000
It's common practice, in the film business, to shoot film intending to crop
the images. There isn't a 2.35:1 film format as such, it's achieved by
shooting a larger format and cropping it. 3-perm 35mm is approximately 16:9
for the exposed frame.
What usually happens is that the film editor zooms and crops the exposed
film to get the images the production need, so a fair amount of what went
onto film never gets used, not just shots and footage are thrown away, parts
of the picture are too. This happens in electronic capture too, Lucas shot
Star Wars Whatever using 16:9 (Sony HDW900 onto hard-drives) in 16:9
1080-line and then cropped it to 820 lines for release. This process makes
it possible to change shooting decisions after the shoot has finished.
It seems that the Matrix DVD has been made from the originals rather than
from the released print, unless two versions were made at the time.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:27 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Aspect ratio (of Matrix Reloaded)
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> Hello,
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> Somebody over here has found an HD version of the Matrix
> Reloaded, and it was in 16:9 aspect ratio without black bars.
> Interestingly, the same movie on DVD is also in (anamorphic)
> 16:9, but with two black bars, so the actual aspect ratio is
> 2.35:1 (or something close to that). And after comparing the
> video contents it turns out that the 2.35:1 version has less
> content on the top and bottom, instead of more content on
> the left and right. Now, why would they do that ? Why would
> they deliberately replace valid content with black bars ?
> Is 2.35:1 the content as the director had intended it ?
> And if yes, then why isn't the HD version also 2.35:1 ?
> I would assume that the movie theaters have shown 2.35:1.
> Why does a/any full 16:9 version even exist then, if the
> 2.35:1 is more "cinephile", and good enough for an SD DVD ??
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> Best,
> -- Jeroen
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