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Early talkies mostly used the Academy ratio which is not very wide. The introduction of television encouraged the movies to go colour as standard. The introdu
by parenthesis 5y ago
Early talkies mostly used the Academy ratio which is not very wide.
The introduction of television encouraged the movies to go colour as standard.
The introduction of colour tv encouraged the movies to go widescreen as standard.
I wish films and television dramas would still consider the Academy ratio (or 4:3) (and black and white!). I see many productions that I don't think really use widescreen effectively. In any case, different ratios suit different material.
- parenthesis 5y agoOh, and I wish someone would sell widescreen televisions with built-in curtains that automatically move according to the ratio. And please stop chopping bits off old tv shows to 'make them widescreen'. It was awful seeing pan-and-scanned movies on tv in the old days, please don't do the same thing in reverse.