what aspect ratio is this?
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Marc Villafan
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About 4.4:1 ratio
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Marc Villafan
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Well it isn't a standard aspect ratio by any means. Basically a custom ratio.
It simply means; for every 4.4 pixels horizontally, there is 1 pixel vertically. Hence the word ratio in the term aspect ratio.
With this aspect ratio I would say the actual image portion would be 1920 x 437. Just place that within the 1920 x 1080 frame if you want it letter boxed.
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Ryan Patrick O'Hara
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Yup.
This is not a conventional aspect ratio. I took the exact image into photoshop and isolated the black/gray area out of the pure white negative space. The resulting image I got was 1000x229 pixels. This aspect ratio turned out to be 4.37:1 when rounded to the nearest 100th of a decimal. If you made this into a 1920x1080 image, you'd want to 1920x440... Three pixels away from marc's findings so I'd say Marc got it right.
Where is this image from? Strange that the letterboxing is white.
jambredz
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thanks guys.
I got this from this http://forums.adobe.com/thread/669923 @ Ryan, when reading about 2.66:1
I got this from this http://forums.adobe.com/thread/669923 @ Ryan, when reading about 2.66:1
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Ryan Patrick O'Hara
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Well that is nowhere near the aspects he was discussing
I think his math must have been very wrong.
Gabel
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Possibly Napoléon from 1927?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon_(1927_film)
It had a sequence in Polyvision, three full strips shown next to each other, giving an aspect ratio of 4:1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon_(1927_film)
It had a sequence in Polyvision, three full strips shown next to each other, giving an aspect ratio of 4:1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvision
j1clark@ucsd.edu
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My first thought was some sort of "cinerama" format. But the wiki indicates that ratio was about 2.66 or so.
I personally don't like ultra wide look especially when used by people who don't seem to know much about composition and keeping the talent in the frame.
And especially with material that is going to be consumed via the Internet.
MPB
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i seen that in a theatre (not a cinema) when i was but a pup. i guess it must have been around '81, when it was restored. it was quite a spectacle. a little confusing, though.
Ryan Patrick O'Hara
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I've seen Napoleon, it's quite a great movie, although I've never heard of it being on television... For me, it wasn't the aspect ratio which made me love it... it was his unprecedented use of camera movement. Most filmmakers back then left the camera very locked off as if watching a play. There were others who had wonderful camera movement from that era, like Sunrise (1927), but this film really did some wonderful things that pushed what camera movement was back then.
Not to get off topic
CharlesPapert
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I once worked on a visitor's center installation film that was shot on 35mm cropped to an aspect ratio of 4:1; it was to be exhibited by three adjacent 4:3 video projectors. I never saw the final film but it was certainly interesting to shoot. Most memorable moment was backing up with the Steadicam behind a groundcrew member guiding a 727 into the gate. I had the entire wingspan of the aircraft filling my frame, with the nose looming over the guy right in the center of frame. Really cool (and more than a little intimidating).
jambredz
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Gabel
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I've seen Napoleon, it's quite a great movie, although I've never heard of it being on television... For me, it wasn't the aspect ratio which made me love it... it was his unprecedented use of camera movement. Most filmmakers back then left the camera very locked off as if watching a play. There were others who had wonderful camera movement from that era, like Sunrise (1927), but this film really did some wonderful things that pushed what camera movement was back then.
Not to get off topic
Heard and saw some of it when I took film theory. Just posted it as an example of the use of aspect ratio.
I've been thinking about watching it, but have been kind of put off by the running time (5:30), which also means I need to watch it at home, as I doubt my Cinematheque can screen that. I missed their screening of sunrise, big shame, but at least managed to see Nosferatu performed with live-music. It's great fun going there, next screening I'm going to is one they've shown before, but a big favorite of mine: E.T. in 70mm! And a near mint print to.
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Egg Born Son
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That was great. Fantastic use of the frame. Watching it in full screen it was perceptually small, the black bars were distracting but that is a limitation of the screen. On a screen sized for this (which obviously doesn't exist) it would be great. Viewed in vimeo without full screen however it looked like a banner and the surrounding text and logos were actually less distracting than the black bars. Interesting. Perhaps the best forum for this aspect ratio would be projection onto a wall in a trendy cafe or bar, where the aspect ratio would be like a window. Nice work.