What's the like…'ultra letterbox/widescreen' format called -- You see it a lot on older movies, how the black bars take up an enormous amount of room … anyone know what I mean?
Yeah buddy it was
CINEMASCOPE
. When they air one on TV you get dizzy from the pan 'n scan they have to do to it.
EDIT:
Cor blimey, I did a bit of reading after I wrote this and I found all these large formats, most of which I recall now, having been prompted:
CINERAMA
CINEMASCOPE (only one I got)
VISTA-VISION
TODD-AO (never heard of that)
SUPERSCOPE
TECHNIRAMA
PANAVISION
I'm a widescreen fan. I still have a 4:3 tv but set my digital box to widescreen (actually onDigital calls it 'letterbox' - ugg).
I prefer it simply because the composition of whats on screen seems more pleasing to my eye. Notice how close actors have to stand next to each other in 4:3 based programmes. We're used to seeing it, but it is actually quite unnatural. A widescreen programme gives actors a little more space.
As was stated in another thread, Coronation Street will probably have to rebuild some sets because of the w i d e r view.
gav
Erm, when do you reckon Coronation Street and Emmerdale might adopt to widescreen?
Emmerdaly technically might class as widescreen- its cropped to 14:9 on digital. Along with trisha, Dont try this at home, Family Fortunes and some CARLTON local programmes. Disgusting all this cropping.
