Ratios are big things in the mathematics world. In fact, my math class as just begun to start on Ratios, and similar triangles, but this blog post is not about Similar Triangles, nor the mathematics of ratios. This post is about aspect ratio. For years we have viewed movies as square a.k.a. 4:3 (unless we went to the theater, the screen there is always anamorphic). You know those black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when you are watching a film in widescreen? That is known as 16:9 (16 units across and 9 units high)
That can add a prestiges feel to a film, giving it this sense of "high quality" last year our film was in 16:9, and I believe that did add a great look to Volition. This year I plan to move beyond 16:9 into the cinematic world of Anamorphic. Now there can be a misunderstanding when I say "anamorphic". Lots of people call 16:9, anamorphic, which it is not. The aspect ratio for Anamorphic is 2.39:1, that is a big difference in comparison to 16:9.
The pictures below are examples of the three most common film aspect ratios.
4:3
16:9
2.39:1
Sincerely,
Jack Simmons
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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