Ms_Lilacs
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Post by Ms_Lilacs on Mar 16, 2005 21:27:13 GMT -5
Here's something that I've been wondering about... I've noticed that all TV shows released are in the Full Frame format. In the past couple years, I've gotten to used to buying Widescreen everything, I try not to buy full frame DVDs. But all of the TV collections now are Full Frame... Does anyone know why? S'pose I don't know much about filming shows/movies.
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Lupin
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Post by Lupin on Mar 17, 2005 9:35:49 GMT -5
I think that probably movies or TV series when they are in "full frame" (the letterbox 4:3) is because it's the way they were filmed or because the widescreen 16:9 technology was not available at that time. Movies filmed in widescreen show a wider angle but to play the way they are intended they require a wide format telly.
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Mar 17, 2005 12:19:30 GMT -5
Right. TV shows were never filmed in 'widescreen' - they were shot to fit the standard TV size - 1.33:1.
Of course, now with Hi-Def, some recent shows are being show in the widscreen ration (1.77:1 or so), so you can see some extra stuff on the sides when watching those shows on a hi-def TV. There's not many of those shows out there, but the number is growing all the time.
G.A.H. in hi-def... oh man, what a dream.
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Ms_Lilacs
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Post by Ms_Lilacs on Mar 17, 2005 23:17:48 GMT -5
G.A.H. in hi-def... oh man, what a dream. Hey cool...that's what I was thinking. The shows still look great and I'm happy. I was curious because I haven't been buying DVDs for long. And GAH is my first TV show DVD.
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Post by enovak on Mar 18, 2005 9:55:22 GMT -5
Well even if they made a Hi-Def remaster of GAH, it still wouldn't have anything extra on the sides cause there wasn't any. Only within the last 10 years or so were TV shows done widescreen - maybe 1.77:1 or 1.66:1.
Like Babylon 5. Was shot in widescreen - show in full frame on TV - released on DVD in widescreen.
An easy standard now for widescreen films is the 1.85:1.
Then there is also 'matted' widescreen where the film is shot in full frame, but shown with the tops and bottoms cropped off in a 1.85:1 ratio. So in the the case of a 'matted' widescreen film being shown full frame, you are seeing more on the tops and bottoms then if you saw the actual widescreen version.
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Mar 18, 2005 11:50:39 GMT -5
No, what I meant was what if G.A.H. was on these days and filmed in true hi-def, with modern special effects AND the same level of character development. What a dream. We got a taste of the better effects in season three, but it was way too short lived...
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Post by enovak on Mar 18, 2005 11:59:36 GMT -5
In that case, I agree. Not that I minded the wonky special effects since the show was more defined by the stories and characters, but having todays special effects in the show and with the quality of writing and character development.....that is a dream.
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