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Personally I've never understood the 2.39:1 aspect ratio. My TV, computer monitors, laptop and phone are all 16:9. TV shows I watch are 16:9 as well. Other than
by ancarda 13y ago
Personally I've never understood the 2.39:1 aspect ratio. My TV, computer monitors, laptop and phone are all 16:9. TV shows I watch are 16:9 as well. Other than 4:3, it seems like the universal ratio. So why are movies shot at 2.39:1, a ratio that causes black bars on any device you watch it on?
- zwily 13y agoMovies are shot for theaters, not your devices.
- jfb 13y agoBecause some directors or DPs want to present in widescreen?
- protomyth 13y agoBecause 16:9 wouldn't exist except for the existing theater ratio of 2.39:1. 16:9 is a compromise between existing movies and academy ratio[1]. 21:9 would have been a better ratio, but we got the compromise just like the resolution is 1920 x 1080 instead of something that jived better with computers. If you shoot a movie in 16:9 it will look cropped when viewed in a theater. 1) there is a YouTube video that explains it. I think it made HN a while ago.