See, that's exactly what I'm saying here. The top and bottom are edges you need that are cut out by widescreen, so why would you still want the widescreen? It's not like this on most movies, most movies include more picture in their widescreen release, but it actually depends on the director. Let me explain, if in this instance, the widescreen crops out the top and bottom, but the fullscreen (which the movie was originally filmed in, so it's not cutting anything out) cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't the fullscreen be better because it includes the top and bottom which are "still technically edges that allow more places to put words when you crop squarely"? See, some companies will film the entire movie in full screen and only crop it to widescreen after the fact for theater and widescreen DVD release, but the original movie was full screen and this is how they release it, in it's entirety, to fullscreen DVD and video tape. So if the widescreen cuts out 1/3rd of the picture, and the fullscreen cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't you prefer the fullscreen caps? More room to make the icon with?
This site (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama2.html) (which is actually very pro-widescreen) explains that some directors actually include more picture in their fullscreen releases. This is the case with the Ever After DVD, and the reason why I'm asking whether I should continue making the caps in widescreen, which I have proven cuts out part of the picture, or whether I should finish them in full screen, which doesn't.
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Date: 2004-04-17 03:59 am (UTC)Let me explain, if in this instance, the widescreen crops out the top and bottom, but the fullscreen (which the movie was originally filmed in, so it's not cutting anything out) cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't the fullscreen be better because it includes the top and bottom which are "still technically edges that allow more places to put words when you crop squarely"?
See, some companies will film the entire movie in full screen and only crop it to widescreen after the fact for theater and widescreen DVD release, but the original movie was full screen and this is how they release it, in it's entirety, to fullscreen DVD and video tape. So if the widescreen cuts out 1/3rd of the picture, and the fullscreen cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't you prefer the fullscreen caps? More room to make the icon with?
This site (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama2.html) (which is actually very pro-widescreen) explains that some directors actually include more picture in their fullscreen releases. This is the case with the Ever After DVD, and the reason why I'm asking whether I should continue making the caps in widescreen, which I have proven cuts out part of the picture, or whether I should finish them in full screen, which doesn't.