My fav use of aspect ratio when storytelling is in the movie Selena at the 2min 15 second mark, the closed off 4:3 frame widens as the curtains open to a full 2.35:1 crowd shot of the stadium 🎥 🎞 gives me goosebumps!
Thank you for wrapping up aspect ratio so neatly...I work with all kinds of film from 100 years ago and even older as well as video material and digital photography so see the whole gamut of image sizes and shapes....much appreciated...
The most unusual format I have ever seen was swissorama. This recorded a full 360 degree view onto an anular image on 70mm film. Only one film was ever made and could only bee shown in one cinema at a museum in Switzerland. To watch this film you stood inside a screen that was cylindrical. You could only ever see half the width of the film as the other half was behind you. The equipment wore out and this format can no longer be seen.
It's a pity that you can no longer see this film. I was the cameraman for this film at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne. The camera department was first called SWISSORAMA. Later it was renamed IMAGINE 360. We shot 4 films: In Switzerland, in Berlin, in Japan, in Spain. In addition, the world's first commercial in 360 degrees for Beck's beer in the North Sea. It was great fun to shoot the films.
Great video! I've worked in the TV industry for close to thirty years & have always been interested in aspect ratios....but this is probably the best/easiest explanation of them I have ever seen.
What I've learned from this video is that if you're disseminating information, you need to pace your delivery appropriately and if you put up captions to clarify a point, you need to keep them on screen for more than 1 second.
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My fav use of aspect ratio when storytelling is in the movie Selena at the 2min 15 second mark, the closed off 4:3 frame widens as the curtains open to a full 2.35:1 crowd shot of the stadium 🎥 🎞 gives me goosebumps!
Love that! I rewatched Everything Everywhere All at Once this week and the constant shift between aspect ratios in that film is masterful!
Thank you for wrapping up aspect ratio so neatly...I work with all kinds of film from 100 years ago and even older as well as video material and digital photography so see the whole gamut of image sizes and shapes....much appreciated...
You're most welcome. It's something that is so subtle, but so interesting to me!
The most unusual format I have ever seen was swissorama. This recorded a full 360 degree view onto an anular image on 70mm film. Only one film was ever made and could only bee shown in one cinema at a museum in Switzerland. To watch this film you stood inside a screen that was cylindrical. You could only ever see half the width of the film as the other half was behind you. The equipment wore out and this format can no longer be seen.
That sounds absolutely wild! I would love to have been able to see that in person. It's like analogue VR!
It's a pity that you can no longer see this film. I was the cameraman for this film at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne. The camera department was first called SWISSORAMA. Later it was renamed IMAGINE 360. We shot 4 films: In Switzerland, in Berlin, in Japan, in Spain. In addition, the world's first commercial in 360 degrees for Beck's beer in the North Sea. It was great fun to shoot the films.
Great video! I've worked in the TV industry for close to thirty years & have always been interested in aspect ratios....but this is probably the best/easiest explanation of them I have ever seen.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed me nerding out!
This was used to great effect in Wandavision to show what was Wanda’s illusion, especially in the 50s-80s and what was reality!
Oh yeah, fantastic example!
Nice
What I've learned from this video is that if you're disseminating information, you need to pace your delivery appropriately and if you put up captions to clarify a point, you need to keep them on screen for more than 1 second.