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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Commander Dan: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [qb] Proteus... The fullscreen version actually shows more of the image than the widescreen version. The 4:3 aspect ratio was the original motion picture film ratio, and indeed, movie screens pretty much dictated the ratio of the first television screens, which we still use today. In an attempt to snag viewers back from TV, the biggest movie studios started coming up with wider images to give a more engrossing movie-viewing experience, such as Cinemascope, Panavision, and so on. BTTF was filmed in 4:3, and then cropped top and bottom to fit anamorphic movie screens. When you watch the fullscreen version, they just use the uncropped version. The so-called "widescreen" versions of BTTF add nothing to the sides, and just crop the top and bottom as with the theatrical film release. --Jonah [/qb][/QUOTE]Not exactly. The first BTTF was indeed shot in anamorphic widescreen, so the “fullscreen version” is pan and scan and is cropped on the sides in its entirety. BTTF II and III, however, were shot in “open matte” and there is more picture (in principal photography shots) seen at the top and bottom of the fullscreen version, since it is not matted. [i]However[/i], special effects shots were [i]not[/i] filmed in open matte, and were produced only in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. As I understand it, it is generally considered cost prohibitive to produce effects shots in 4:3, only to crop-off or matte part of the image later. (Although interestingly, it [i]was[/i] done for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.) So, all scenes involving special effects shots in BTTF II and III are still pan and scanned. The “open matte” is, in point of fact, the reason that there are framing issues on Parts II and III. Since Part I was shot in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, there was basically no opportunity for Universal to screw it up. In the case of Parts II and III however, Universal went back to the original open matte images for the DVD transfer, and apparently, some technician “feel asleep at the wheel,” so principal photography shots in the movie are misframed. Keep in mind, however, that scenes with special effects shots in BTTF II and III are framed correctly; for the same reason that [i]all[/i] of BTTF Part I is framed correctly: They were shot in 1.85:1 widescreen. For more info on aspect ratios, open mattes, and widescreen in general, check out the Letterbox and Widescreen Advocacy Page at: http://www.widescreen.org/ [/QB][/QUOTE]
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