• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    15 hours ago

    So when they release Odyssey for home viewing on streaming or however it gets released, do they pillar box it? Or they pan and scan edit it?

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      14 hours ago

      Home releases will almost certainly get the non-IMAX, 2.39:1 crop they’ve already cut for standard cinemas, and it’ll get the standard cinema letterboxing you see for other theatrical releases if you watch on a 16:9 TV.

      Pan and scan has thankfully died off as a practice

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        14 hours ago

        I guess I should have said crop rather than pan and scan. But I assume it’s still not a “fixed” crop in that they might change the crop area based on scene or shot?

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          13 hours ago

          I guess it’s likely they’re doing some amount of that, yeah. However I believe the way directors typically approach IMAX is to still centre the shot the way you would without the extra vertical frame, so a centred crop would usually be the best option.

          I’d find it hard to believe that they never take the opportunity to shift things a bit if it would make it better anyway