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I was just looking at Borwell & Thompson's _Film Art_ (Fourth Edition),
the basic text for my intro class way back in 1994, and it looks as though
some people need to re-read the chapter on the shot, which goes into great
detail on aspect ratios.
Scott
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Lang Thompson wrote:
> Considering the recent threads this was an odd bit of synchronicity. One
> of the advertising slides before the movie I saw tonight was from the Group
> for the Integrity of the Image (or something, that can't possibly be their
> correct name) that had a shot/still from "E.T." with some kind of
> rectangular lines around it and a statement like "Ever feel like you're
> missing something?" This seems to be a pro-letterboxing ad but the strange
> thing is that it's so opaque that I'm still not entirely sure; I really
> wonder whether most filmgoers have any idea what it's about or just think
> they're missing E.T. (Not to mention the choice of "E.T." instead of a
> film in 2.35.)
>
> LT
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