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> Quibi’s signature “Turnstyle” technology, which allowed content to flow from portrait view to landscape and back again seamlessly on your phone, is tied up in
by mason55 6y ago
> Quibi’s signature “Turnstyle” technology, which allowed content to flow from portrait view to landscape and back again seamlessly on your phone, is tied up in a patent lawsuit with a deep-pocketed hedge fund.
Seems like this minimizes the seriousness a bit. The deep pocketed hedge fund is Elliott Management and they are basically gunning for the whole company. They're working with the original patent holder and bankrolling the law suit process.
Elliott (Paul Singer) are not stupid and they don't play nice. If they are stepping into bankroll this lawsuit then they obviously see something and the lawsuit should be considered an existential threat to Quibi. Singer strikes fear into sovereign nations so a couple media execs are going to be small potatoes.
- quxpar 6y agoWait... they did what? I didn't realize they had such a terrible idea at the core of their business.... > Every show (and ad) is filmed and edited in both portrait and landscape. Creators upload two video files and a separate audio file, which are then synced and streamed simultaneously to your phone, so the video instantly switches when you rotate the device. I already dread getting the sides chopped off my movies due to aspect ratio confusion, are they seriously offering a platform where I'm always missing out on one half of the footage? Maybe it's the ol' OCD kicking in, but I imagine constantly switching back and forth to try to figure out the 'right' angle to look at a scene from. It seems deeply unpleasant.
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- 1123581321 6y agoYou don’t miss too much. When you watch it you learn the typical cuts. Landscape only works most of the time, with portrait if you want to see two characters standing close to one another in more detail. Sometimes portrait shows multiple shots at once, which is neat. There are supposedly some shows that add hidden information (e.g. portrait shows a character’s phone screen) but I never countered it. I actually wish the cuts differed more by showing angles from totally different cameras or being colored differently. It would be expensive but seriously groundbreaking. One day.
- ponker 6y agoI don't think you need to worry about missing some essential screen area of a Quibi show.
- wcfields 6y agoI have a friend who is an editor on a topical semi-daily current-affairs show on Quibi. It's all done manually and they now have a semi-established style now, however a lot of it is cropping or shrink-to-fit with a background. The fictional series, however, are shot with an almost 1:1 ratio since the safe-zone is ridiculously small.