Why Filmmakers Change the Size of the Screen
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If you saw The Dark Knight in an IMAX theater, you noticed the picture didn't stay the same shape — and that wasn't an accident. Subscribe to StudioBinder Academy ►► https://bit.ly/sb-ad StudioBinder Blog ►► http://bit.ly/sb-bl Try Higgsfield ►► https://higgsfield.ai/ ───────────────────── Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - History of Changing Aspect Ratios 02:42 - Spectacle or the Style 04:18 - Crossing the Threshold 05:42 - Different Timelines 06:50 - Mental States 08:52 - Tips and Tricks 10:12 - Final Thoughts ───────────────────── Why do movies change aspect ratio? If you saw The Dark Knight in an IMAX theater, you may have noticed the film would switch aspect ratios — big action set pieces filled the screen from top to bottom, while dialogue scenes shrank back down to a more standard widescreen shape. Switching for spectacle wasn't new even then. Paramount tried something similar in the 1920s with Old Ironsides, using a process called Magnascope: the projectionist switc
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