Re: Life Along the Mekong
In some shots I prefer the 16x9, in others the 4x3... it just depends on the composition. I tend to like widescreen images more in general, but I think you should keep it at 4x3 because that's what you originally framed the images as, and that's what's going to include more of the story that I think you really wanted to tell. I don't see that "cropping 4x3 images to make them 'widescreen'" is bad at all (unless you shot something specifically for 4x3 presentation and you're cropping it to make it "widescreen" just for the sake of making it widescreen - like this case). If someone wants to make a 16x9 film and all they have is a 4x3 camera, then letterboxing is the only way for a lot of people to acheive this - and as long as they framed all of their shots as with a 16x9 ratio in mind, then I think that's perfectly fine. The DVX100 (without squeeze) isn't isn't 16x9 native anyway, so if you want to shoot something as widescreen (and assuming you don't have $700 to shell out for the AA) then you pretty much have no other choice. But yeah, the work is beautiful... I would say don't keep tweaking it, it's already fantastic.
In some shots I prefer the 16x9, in others the 4x3... it just depends on the composition. I tend to like widescreen images more in general, but I think you should keep it at 4x3 because that's what you originally framed the images as, and that's what's going to include more of the story that I think you really wanted to tell. I don't see that "cropping 4x3 images to make them 'widescreen'" is bad at all (unless you shot something specifically for 4x3 presentation and you're cropping it to make it "widescreen" just for the sake of making it widescreen - like this case). If someone wants to make a 16x9 film and all they have is a 4x3 camera, then letterboxing is the only way for a lot of people to acheive this - and as long as they framed all of their shots as with a 16x9 ratio in mind, then I think that's perfectly fine. The DVX100 (without squeeze) isn't isn't 16x9 native anyway, so if you want to shoot something as widescreen (and assuming you don't have $700 to shell out for the AA) then you pretty much have no other choice. But yeah, the work is beautiful... I would say don't keep tweaking it, it's already fantastic.
