[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Widescreen -v- Letterbox

[Monika Huebner]

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Subject: [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Widescreen -v- Letterbox

> As it happens, in the case of PS/SS, all digital SFX were generated 
> for the whole Super 35 frame, and thus the above comments don't 
> really apply. I deliberately included some SFX-heavy shots in the 
> selection i made (Fluffy, Quidditch) to show that this was the case.

So this might have changed during the past years with digital effects
becoming better and (maybe?) cheaper. It's interesting, though, that
Warner hasn't included the fullscreen version on the European release
of the DVD, but only the widescreen version. This undermines the
argument that it would be difficult to explain the black bars to children,
unless they think European children won't mind. I don't know in which
format the video is, but in general the video version would rather be
full screen in Germany.

But what about "artefacts" in the "matted" area? In the past, directors
were said to be rather careless in this regard and didn't care too much
about filming equipment being visible in the area that wouldn't be shown
in theatres.

Monika