widescreen/fullscreen part deux.

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

I'm redoing my Ever After caps and I posted a question yesterday. Which do you prefer screencaps of, Widescreen or Fullscreen? Most people said widescreen (usually with the added comment that fullscreen cuts stuff off) so I did a lot them that way. Then, when I compared the widescreen caps with one of my old full screen ones, I noticed just how much is missing from the widescreen ones. I guess how much is cut from what depends on the movie.
Examples:
widescreen.
fullscreen.

Now, there's no way I'm going to go back and redo the 229 caps I've already done (out of 33 minutes of movie), but the widescreen really seems to be missing a lot more than the full screen is, and I, personally, would prefer the full screen ones for making icons. I don't want the set to be mismatched, but I don't want to post a huge set of half-screen shots.
I think from now on, when capping a DVD that gives me the choice, I'll take one from each and see which cuts less off and do those, but I don't know what to do about my Ever After set.
So should I continue doing them wide screen, or do the rest of the set in fullscreen?

(if this isn't allowed, let me know and I'll delete the post.)

Comments

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

No, actually, the examples in my original post were from my own computer, with my own DVDs. Some companies film the movie in fullscreen, and then crop it for widescreen/theater release. See this site for details. (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama2.html)
I believe this is what happened with my Ever After DVD, and so I am asking would people rather me continue capping this movie in widescreen, which cuts out part of the picture, or full screen, which doesn't.

[devilwrites.livejournal.com]

Now that was an interesting article, I never realized some directors filmed movies that way, by filming a full fame and then making it "widescreen" for the theater, which I think is rather stupid. Why don't directors (and companies) simply put the filmed version of the film on the dvd, or give people a choice on the dvd rather make making a person buy one or the other? *kicks directors*

Anyway, that's obviously the choice you have, so good luck. :)