I'm looking for a 2.39:1 outcome??

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jimmygreen

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Should I be filming in squeeze, letterbox or 4:3? I was thinking of filming in 4:3, and taping over the lcd so as to be aware of the cutoff's etc.. Can anyone give me any advice?
 
You can shoot normal (4:3) or squeeze (16:9). Either way, you'll need to do additional cropping in post, and either way you'll have some wiggle room to adjust the framing up and down in post if you want to tweak the compositions. Whether or not to use squeeze seems to be a bit of a personal preference issue.
 
There is loss of resolution no matter what you do if you are attempting to get any sort of wide screen aspect ratio out of a DVX without using the anamorphic adapter.

Most don't notice, however.
 
If the output is DV video, then shoot in DV with tape over the LCD (for framing) and crop to 2.39:1 in post. Reasons: (1) less squashing and stretching, which can only introduce artifacts. (2) The extra area is a safety. If you find that you mis-framed a shot in camera, you have a chance to re-frame in post.
 
On the B model, can't you set the EVF or LCD to display letterbox regardless of what shooting mode you are in?
 
what's your target.... film or dvd/tv? if it's film then yeah you could use the extra resolution for the hd blowup.... if it's dvd/tv then i say shoot squeeze, frame for 2.39:1, and letterbox in post... no one will be able to tell.... if your story's good and production value is good then no one will care....
 
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dude shoot 4x3 but have you mask on the timeline and plug in your dvx. the mask will appear on the timeline and you can tape it off using the image from the actual mask you are using to line up the tape. I did it on a gl2 back in the day.
 
ok, shoot in 16:9 sqeeze, and frame for 2:35:1, or other...it will appear as 16:9 letterboxed in your LCD, then all you need to do is actually crop the footage via matte from photoshop or however...this way, if you decide to release for 16:9 tv's, it's already there...the resolution may be higher with 4:3, but it's not enough to matter considering your croping most of the image...your choice, but thats how I do it...
 
Barry Green states that there is a loss of resolution w/ squeezing.
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That's weird, because the whole point of anamorphic was to keep the full vertical resolution, instead of just cropping it off.
 
I'm shooting a short in 2.4:1 now.
At first I was shooting squeeze and letterboxing but the quality dropped to an unacceptable level, especially for the motion tracking and effects I planned on doing. So now I am shooting in 4x3 and everything looks much better.
I found a 2.4 overlay, printed it onto a transparency and taped it to my LCD (the tape never touches the screen, not risking tape goo left over or even ripping the screen.) I put duct tape over the letterbox areas so I can focus on the 2.4 frame.

So to answer your question, shoot 4x3 and crop. Letterbox works too but 4x3 gives you room to reframe vertically.
 
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