28 Days Later Aspect Ratio?
deathpile
widescreen or full screen? In other words did they shoot it full
screen and crop it for the widesreeen version or visa versa.
I realize that the instinctive conclusion is that it was shot full
screen because it was shot on DV - but I'd like to know for sure.
It'd be nice to know that I have the least cropped version of the
film.
Thanks. -JPC
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it was exhibited 1.85:1 so that's the best way to see it - even if a
fullscreen shows you more.
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loucyphre
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WIDESCREEN! ALWAYS WIDESCREEN! The only time you get fullscreen if it is
shot in an open matte process like you seem to be saying in your opening
paragraph. Moreover though, it is not worth giving the companies one penny
more for these fullscreen DVDs.
DV allows you to shoot in various aspect ratios. My buddy Austin's first
film was shot in 1.85.
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Jordan Garren
Always go widescreen man, you can't lose. However, I'm watching 28 Days
Later right now and I'm disappointed with the sound. It could've used Dolby
5.1 Surround......
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Andrew
> DV allows you to shoot in various aspect ratios. My buddy Austin's first
> film was shot in 1.85.
How does this work? Does the camera itself matte the video?
I do not recall if that is called hard matte or soft matte.
Andrew
The dog from that film you saw
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I've seen camcorders out there with 16:9 CCD's that record true anamorphic.
Andrew
> Always go widescreen man, you can't lose.
There are examples of films that are matted that probably
should not be. Dawn of the Dead Cannes cut springs to mind.
The original VHS release of DotD was not matted and more
information could be seen.
Andrew
Joachim Løvf
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I wonder what Anchor Bay will do with their upcoming
DAWN release(s). Full screen, P&S, WS anamorphic or all three?
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loucyphre
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Typical of many films. More information can almost always be seen on the
top and bottom of the screen when widescreen is not employed. Of course,
you miss stuff on the sides and often the stuff on the top and bottom was
never meant to be seen. GHOST STORY even has some nudity on cropped
versions that isn't presented in the widescreen.
Mark
> However, I'm watching 28 Days
> Later right now and I'm disappointed with the sound.
The sound was one of the few things about '28 Days Later' I wasn't
disappointed by: lousy script full of plot holes and cliched
characters with no real development, intermittently bad acting (at
least by the teenage girl), crappy ending, and, for what is supposed
to be a zombie movie, a distinct lack of zombies through most of it.
Mark
Graeme
>5.1 Surround......
according to my DVD it *Has* got 5.1 surround sound....
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Jordan Garren
zombies through most of it.
"28 Days Later" has been touted as a zombie film for some time (and that's
why I disliked the movie my first time viewing it) and it's not. The
"infected" are the film are just living human beings, overtaken by a Rage
virus. No shambling undead corpses here folks!
Jordan Garren
Hmmm... well I only had a rental and didn't check the DVD specs beforehand.
Oh well. I'm still gonna buy it (along with some other films I've been
waiting for...).