Safe Areas Aren't

GenJerDan

GenJerDan

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Something you shouldn't allow to happen:

I was watching an episode of Eerie Indiana on DVD tonight...

First - part of the ceiling showed. Well...it would have shown, if they hadn't removed panels to have light coming from above. Didn't actually see the instruments...just the gaping holes where the instruments were mounted.

Second - someone actually walked into the frame! Crew, I assume.

Both of these occured outside the "safe area" of the frame, and probably didn't show when the episode was broadcast.

But playing the DVD on the computer...you see everything.

Just something to watch for when you're shooting. An oopsie that you think won't matter, might.
 
I guess the Safe Area theory is not so practical to be used as casually ... We usually do a whole frame check instead of only getting an obvious safe area ... The area needs to be expanded to prevent such oopsies ...

Any suggestions ...
 
This happened a lot on the first season of 24. they shot 16:9, but for 4:3 display; this is all very well, but when it came out on DVD, it was in widescreen.


This allows a full view of various crew members (camera op, boom op etc) on the left and right sides of frame, which would have been cropped for TV.
 
HaroonGhauree said:
I guess the Safe Area theory is not so practical to be used as casually ... We usually do a whole frame check instead of only getting an obvious safe area ... The area needs to be expanded to prevent such oopsies ...

Any suggestions ...
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Yes, people need to remember that "safe area" means "The information within this area is safe from being cut off on some television sets." It certainly doesn't mean "It's safe to ignore anything showing outside of this area."

And in the case of 24, it sounds like not everybody was on the same page on the production. If they were shooting 16:9, you'd think that would be because they were expecting possible future broadcast/distribution in 16:9 format. Why in the world would they ignore what was happening on the sides of the image?
 
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