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FULLSCREEN IMPARATIVE!
rtprod:
--- Quote ---You people who speak against the fullscxreen version always talk in generaliies: "wasn't meant to be seen" I have been very specidfic, I don't know how many timers, about the "unseen" things that are seen in the fullscreen version.
They do not create "floating" images; they do not detract from the main action of the scene. I ain't gonna go into this again, because I've been into it too many times already. The discussion on Dave Cullen, which went on for dozens of pages, included one guy with wide and fullscreen vesrions of about 20 scenes, and he came down on both sides--in one, he preferred the wide, in another the full.
Is that a crime?
I wish someone would explain to this poor, ignorant female how the additions to the scenes I have described SO OFTEN--detract from...anything...
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Julie, it is a personal preference. I prefer to see the compositions the way that Rodrigo Prieto shot and masked them, and yes, open matte transfers do create "floating" or oddly off-kilter images directly in the center of the frame in some cases. Balancing a frame is very delicate and that is why there are areas masked to create different aspect ratios, and why those particular areas often contain boom microphones and other items that are not supposed to be seen, as I mentioned.
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twistedude:
That is all true, but I would not give up Jack's hand grabbing Ennis's for a whole lot of broad vistas...
Aussie Chris:
--- Quote from: julie01 on May 10, 2006, 10:59:58 am ---That is all true, but I would not give up Jack's hand grabbing Ennis's for a whole lot of broad vistas...
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That's ok Julie, this is one time that I would agree with you. With indifference to my stance that I must see as much as the original vision as possible of all films on DVD, I would happily sacrifice it all to get just one millimetre more of J&E goodness on to the screen (btw that's 1/25th of an inch for all you imperial dawgs out there).
SFEnnisSF:
For the record and what it's worth,
I like BOTH versions, and alternate between watching BOTH versions equally. BOTH are a different experience, and it's good to mix them up by alternating them. One is not better than the other, they're just both a different experience and it's good to experiece BOTH.
:)
twistedude:
Eric, completely agree. I was just defending the poor maligned fullscreen edition, which was getting a lot of flak.
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