The following clip shows parts of the film October Sky in both Widescreen and Full Screen simultaneously, and you can see in real-time the changes that have to be made to a widescreen film to make it fit into full screen. (The image on the top of the video is the original Widescreen film that you would see in the theater, and the image on the bottom is the modified Full Screen version, formatted for TV).
I encourage you to watch the scenes over and over again a few times, and watch closely to see the changes that are being made: some scenes have an artificial camera move inserted, and other sequences add additional cuts to the scene, cutting back and forth.
Needless to say, this was never how the director originally intended his film to be seen, and the only way to preserve the film's artistic integrity and view it as it was supposed to be seen, is to watch the film in Widescreen.
Click on the picture below to watch the scene. (11 MB, Windows Media Player required)
3 comments:
It really does make a big difference seeing it in widescreen. you don't realize how much of the picture you don't see. thanks, really interesting stuff...
about your movies of '04... i'm sure you're not big on romance flicks, but i loved Love Actually... what did u think?
never did see it... I don't mind a good romance, but there was just something about that film that made me not want to see it (maybe because I've had bad luck with UK romantic comedies? i don't know). But anyways, I've heard some good things about it, and the cast is great, so I'll check it out and it might just pop up on the '03 list when I get around to it (it was actually an '03 film). By the way, if you like romances, you might want to check out Dogfight (sorta hard to find, but great - it has River Phoenix) and you've probably already seen it, but Say Anything is really good. Classic. So anyway, good times!
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