Widescreen TVs should come with movable masking for all of you 4:3 needs. Alain
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Brook Hinton <bhin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suspect they grew up with 16:9 tv's that did the horrible stretch > thing with 4:3 footage. My students definitely have no pro/con bias > for 4:3 or any other aspect ratio. If anything, some are annoyed that > 16:9 is becoming such a standard - not because they dislike the ratio, > but because of the very idea of a standard. > > Brook > > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:48 PM, <carli...@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 10/20/2011 8:02:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > djte...@gmail.com writes: > > > > I'm making a video for a uk bike trials video and put up a poll for the > > public to decide what ratio they want their video filming in. The youth > of > > today hates 4:3! Really hates it for no reason. That is they say things > like > > "4:3 is aweful" but with no explanation as to why? What's going on here? > > Kev > > > > > > > > Kind of weird, too, because those cellphones that they spend most of > their > > lives with have all sorts of oddball aspect ratios, as squarish as can > be... > > > > But to hell with them. They don't like to read books, either! > > > > (not all are that bad... but we never seem to hear from the cool, > tolerant > > ones...) > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > > > > -- > ____________________________ > Brook Hinton > Moving Image and Sound Maker > www.brookhinton.com > > Associate Professor / Assistant Chair > Film Program at CCA > California College of the Arts > www.cca.edu/film > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- 40 FRAMES Alain LeTourneau Pam Minty 40 FRAMES 5232 N Williams Ave Portland, Oregon 97217 USA +1 503 231 6548 www.40frames.org www.16mmdirectory.org www.emptyquarterfilm.org
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