Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/23/05 14:35

In article <dmcml15v1fdhl8u399l2ds3g35d78dbo2m@4ax.com>,
Mark Spatny <vfxproducer@nospamh0tmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:21:56 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>
>>>> but it isn't a good thing. I've never seen a letterboxed picture in a
>>>> movie theater.
>>>
>>> You've never seen a 4:3 movie in a theater then... the ones that still
>>> have curtains don't open them all the way so as to frame the smaller
>>> image.

>A 4:3 image in a widescreen frame, with black bars on the sides, is
>more accurately referred to as pillar boxing, not letter boxing.

And for the DVDs that try to accurately retain the original film
aspect ratios with no image loss are called 'windowboxing'.

I have a couple that way with black on sides and a bit on the top,
but all the information on the original film is there.

I notice that TCM does this for some film titles where the credits
would fall off of the sides, so they windowbox the credits and then
go to normal fs when the film starts.

Bill

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