Why 1,85:1 ?
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amormortua — 9 years ago(November 14, 2016 03:22 AM)
It's surely a less cinematic and less sophisticated format, so why they've chosen this?
Knowing that it's the first time Snyder uses this aspect ratio could mean that, after criticism of BvS, he lost much of his influence over this series. Affleck surely also wasn't happy about that, cause his recent movies have been also shot in the anamorphic format.
But, I need to say, that there were problems with the aspect ratio of certain shots in 'MoS' and BvS'. Besides Fabian Wagner used 1,85:1 on "Games of Thrones" and it's a popular opinion that it looked very well.
Even if it's not the cinematic format, I consider people who're working on this picture as visual artists, and people like that always deliver something interesting or special, so don't worry. It won't look cheap, but interesting. For example, while working with Burton on "Sleepy Hollow", Lubezki had to work in that format, and for me that picture is one of the best looking movies of the last 20 years.
Financially-wise, I think it's a good decision, it's a format which demands less from the audience, it's more inviting, more accesible. And DCEU needs changes like that. -
dnno1 — 9 years ago(November 14, 2016 05:56 AM)
This film is not going to be cinematic I guess. I have a feeling that the director wants to show a distinct change from the dark age to a brighter age and using a different aspect ratio can do that. Furtheremore, from what I have read, the 1.85:1 ratio, which is close to 16:9, is a compromise for the formats recomended for IMAX screens and modern TV screens. I think they know where a majority of fans will be watching this and they are adapting the film for those displays.
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Oliver-in-Wonderland — 9 years ago(November 15, 2016 03:37 AM)
Why exactly does 1.85 make it look cheap?
Besides, you are wrong about Avengers, they shot it in 1.78 aspect ratio. Now that looks cheap in regular theaters because the screen is incredibly small. 1.85 is still big, just more square.
I quite dig the fact that they chose 1.85. Sure you could argue that it shoots at a lower film resolution than 2.35 but when framing, it does give them more height compared to 2.35. Not to forget that on TV the screen is almost entirely filled, sans for two small black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. So at home it does use more space of your TV.
Wagner is a great cinematographer and it looks great so far even though they're not even done with color grading.
War, what is it good for?