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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned

Closed Film and TV threads

A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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Jessica - Jan 28, 2005 7:59:39 am PST #8552 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Soft matte refers to how the film was shot (the entire film area exposed, with the intention to crop out the top and/or bottom in projection). Open matte refers to how the video transfer was done (the entire exposed film area instead of cropped edges).

In theory, it's better than pan-n-scan because it shows the whole frame, but in practice, you're still throwing off the composition of the frame by adding space the director/dp didn't intend for you to see.

The fullscreen version of Finding Nemo was a faux-open matte -- they animated extra backgrounds to extend the top and bottom of the frame.

Steph L. - Jan 28, 2005 8:04:46 am PST #8553 of 10001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Okay, so it's a third option, more or less, on video? Widescreen, open matte, and pan & scan? I get it. (I have knowledge!)

Tom Scola - Jan 28, 2005 8:11:34 am PST #8554 of 10001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

OK, now that that's settled, does anyone know if the DVDs are anamorphic or not?

sumi - Jan 28, 2005 8:28:41 am PST #8555 of 10001

Art Crawl!!!

Casting news for PotC 2.

No Chow Yun Fat !!! Or at least no mention.

Kathy A - Jan 28, 2005 8:32:21 am PST #8556 of 10001

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Ah, but there is confirmation of Stellan Skarsgard, which gives me a happy. Loved that man ever since Hunt for Red October.

"We're going to kill a friend, Yvgeney. We're going to kill Ramius."

§ ita § - Jan 28, 2005 8:32:38 am PST #8557 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's the word on the Keith Richards appearance?

sumi - Jan 28, 2005 8:37:19 am PST #8558 of 10001

Art Crawl!!!

None.

§ ita § - Jan 28, 2005 8:49:01 am PST #8559 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

No appearance, or no word?

sumi - Jan 28, 2005 8:56:14 am PST #8560 of 10001

Art Crawl!!!

No word recently.

Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 28, 2005 9:11:56 am PST #8561 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

What's the word on the Keith Richards appearance?

Cadaverous.

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