2.35:1 Aspect Ratio??

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emoo124u

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Hi everyone, I'm new here, and I was wondering if using squeeze mode *with* an anamorphic adapter would give a 2.35:1 aspect ratio? How about in-camera letterboxing with an anamorphic adapter... Also, could anyone recommend a good anamorphic adapter that is less expensive than panasonic's? (preferably in the $200-300 range if possible)
 
Hey emoo,

I can't tell you the answer to your question but I suspect "no" would be the answer. I have a feeling that you would really be distorting your image if you shot BOTH squeeze and used a wide lens. Maybe I am wrong... but that is my guess.

I will say that I always shoot in squeeze mode with great results. I plan to shoot my current short film in squeeze and crop to 2.35:1 in post.

Though I don't have answers for you, I write because when I first got my dvx100b, I had many questions about how to shoot for wide.... do I squeeze or do I crop in post. Many people have different opinions. I finally decided to shoot squeeze (not having the anamorphic adapter) and I was very pleased!

As I said, this film I am going to shoot squeeze and crop to 2.35 in post.

Good luck to you! Hopefully someone will be able to answers your questions.

-Ted
 
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That's the same method I use, Ted. I shoot squeeze and crop in post. I find it's the easiest way to do it and it yields good results.
 
Shoot squeeze OR shoot anamorphic, then crop in post. DO NOT shoot both squeeze AND anamorphic.
 
How about in-camera letterboxing with an anamorphic adapter... Also, could anyone recommend a good anamorphic adapter that is less expensive than panasonic's? (preferably in the $200-300 range if possible)
 
Easiest just to shoot squeeze and crop in post. The reason is that there is no 2.35:1 delivery format. DVD's are either 4:3 or 16:9, they do not support 2.35:1 natively. A 2.35:1 DVD is actually 16:9 with crop/letterbox. That's how the majors do it!
 
emoo124u said:
How about in-camera letterboxing with an anamorphic adapter... Also, could anyone recommend a good anamorphic adapter that is less expensive than panasonic's? (preferably in the $200-300 range if possible)
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This wouldn't really help you. It would be exactly like shooting normal anamorphic then cropping in post except you wont have the same flexibility to move your frame vertically later. I say choose anamorphic or squeeze. letter-boxing in camera has very few advantages (if any)

and as for a $200-300 adapter similar to panasonics, I wouldn't hold your breath. However, you can find many used Panny anamorphics for ~500. (PS. I have one for sale...)
 
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Joshua Provost said:
Easiest just to shoot squeeze and crop in post. The reason is that there is no 2.35:1 delivery format. DVD's are either 4:3 or 16:9, they do not support 2.35:1 natively. A 2.35:1 DVD is actually 16:9 with crop/letterbox. That's how the majors do it!
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Outside of a monitor, how would I go about framing scenes for a 2:35:1 aspect ratio with squeeze mode?
 
I use letterboxing to help with composition. Dude there are these lcd guides that are clear platic and just go over you lcd. Some guy on this site show gave me the link.
 
^ I believe that you are talking about these:

http://aspectcorrect.com/

Unfortunately they don't make one for 2:35:1 for squeeze mode.

I've read on the forums that the best way to achieve the 2:35:1 ratio was to shoot 4:3 then stretch the footage in post and add a matte.

I use FCP; does this mean that I capture my footage as anamorphic or edit in an anamorphic sequence?
 
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I have a 16:9 overlay and, while shooting in squeeze mode, the bars are just about right for a 2.35:1 crop. It works really well.
 
^^^Sweet; I'll give that a try.

I've read posts where guys say that squeeze isn't the way to go; but I'll try both ways and see which works best for me.

Still trying to figure out how stretch 4:3 footage to achieve the scope ratio in fcp; but I'll experiment further w/the 4:3 to 2:35:1 in fcp tonite.

Thanks guys.
 
I know we all want to feel like we are shooting 35, but we aren't. I am completely content shooting 4:3 letterbox, then cropping to 1.85 in post. I don't think we have the res to go 2.35 to 1. If we were shooting hvx then maybe it would be okay.
 
Another thing that I have noticed is that when people crop to 2.35 they think that they can not even compose their shots and no one will notice because "we will fix it in post." Some people can tell.
 
A quick question. I just got FCP and were do you go to crop in post? I've been shooting letterbox. But I might give 4:3 a try or even the squeeze mode a try and then fix it in post. But not sure where to go in FCP.
 
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