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I suspect you are in the minority. Millions of Instagram/TikTok/Snapchat users enjoy vertical videos every day. If you ever find yourself disparaging vast swath

I suspect you are in the minority. Millions of Instagram/TikTok/Snapchat users enjoy vertical videos every day. If you ever find yourself disparaging vast swathes of the population, you might be missing some essential truth. Vertical videos are comfortable to watch on a phone. Vertical videos are also great for capturing a single person in the frame, since people are also vertically proportioned.

Normille 4y ago
>I suspect you are in the minority. Well, if s/he is, s/he's in a minority of at least two. When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". The reason landscape is the sensible choice is because our eyes are placed horizontally and our natural field of view is wider than it is tall. Portrait mode will be a good choice when humanity evolves to have one eye above the other.
- omegalulw 4y ago
  There's no natural reason to have evolved with eyes stacked on top... bears don't fall from the sky.
  - ffhhj 4y ago
    Laughted at this, but higher viewpoint provides longer range.
- passivate 4y ago
  Nobody is using a phone that is larger than a human's vertical field of view at arms length. Even otherwise, human vision is based on eye movements and a complex form of visual integration. Your desire to mock others is entirely your free choice, but nothing you said is "sensible".
- goldenchrome 4y ago
  I think the way you judge people is anti-social.
- klyrs 4y ago
  It's the perfect format to film tall people standing in closets.
- dbbk 4y ago
  > When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". You must be fun at parties.
Spivak 4y ago
Yeah, I could never imagine watching TikTok in landscape on my phone. It wouldn’t look right, the framing would be completely off, and you lose screen space. Part of the magic of how vertical videos are shot is that the logical frame extends horizontally beyond the edge of the screen creating an overall larger picture which you can’t do vertically because people usually move horizontally.

Normille 4y ago

>I suspect you are in the minority. Well, if s/he is, s/he's in a minority of at least two. When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". The reason landscape is the sensible choice is because our eyes are placed horizontally and our natural field of view is wider than it is tall. Portrait mode will be a good choice when humanity evolves to have one eye above the other.

omegalulw 4y ago
There's no natural reason to have evolved with eyes stacked on top... bears don't fall from the sky.
- ffhhj 4y ago
  Laughted at this, but higher viewpoint provides longer range.
passivate 4y ago
Nobody is using a phone that is larger than a human's vertical field of view at arms length. Even otherwise, human vision is based on eye movements and a complex form of visual integration. Your desire to mock others is entirely your free choice, but nothing you said is "sensible".
goldenchrome 4y ago
I think the way you judge people is anti-social.
klyrs 4y ago
It's the perfect format to film tall people standing in closets.
dbbk 4y ago
> When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". You must be fun at parties.

Spivak 4y ago

Yeah, I could never imagine watching TikTok in landscape on my phone. It wouldn’t look right, the framing would be completely off, and you lose screen space. Part of the magic of how vertical videos are shot is that the logical frame extends horizontally beyond the edge of the screen creating an overall larger picture which you can’t do vertically because people usually move horizontally.