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Posted by Jay G. on 05/07/07 15:54
On Mon, 07 May 2007 10:50:03 -0400, NRen2k5 wrote:
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> What do you think a 1.33:1 movie is? It’s just a
> professionally [done] crop job.
Actually, a lot of 4:3 versions of films *aren't* just "crop jobs." There
are some movies for which 1.33:1 is the original aspect ratio, so those
aren't cropped at all. In other cases, mostly 1.85:1 and 1.66:1 movies,
the 4:3 reshaping may be done by opening up the viewable image, meaning
that instead of cropping the image, more image is actually seen. Even
2.35:1 films shot on Super35 usually use a combination of cropping the
sides and opening up the top and bottom, producing results that can't be
replicated by a home viewer cropping a DVD image.
Even when a 4:3 version is a crop of the WS image with no additional
vertical image, the professionally done ones usually pan across the image
to keep pertinent information in frame, which isn't easily replicated at
home.
Finally, even given the differences in techniques used on the professional
4:3 alterations, the resulting image is still usually inferior to the
original WS image, with at the least the image composition being
compromised.
-Jay
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