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

[TACtalk at adelanta.co.uk]

Ok; in the interests of research, I brought my PS/SS fullformat DVD along
on my current business trip, and spent part of a rather long flight
enjoyably watching the movie on my laptop. Here are a few things that I
noticed;

In the scene where the letters come down the chimney, the first shot in
Widescreen has a headless Harry in the background. In FullFrame, you can
see him properly.

In the next scene, in the hall when Uncle Vernon grabs Harry, the
Widescreen version shows part of UV and the top of Harry's face; in
FullFrame, you can see the whole of both faces.

At Ollivanders, when Mr O is explaining about Harry's and Voldemort's
wands, the Widescreen version just shows his face; in FullFrame, you can
see the wand in his hand as he's speaking; it just makes a more complete
image.

The sequence in the Dark Forest looks completely different; I must look at
the Widescreen version again to see why.

I think that it's been noted previously on this list that Columbus favours
a lot of headshots. If you watch the movie in FullFrame, there are fewer of
them; and to me, that's an improvement.

So, if I can, I'll be buying CoS in FullFrame. However, I found with PS/SS
that the Widescreen is far more easily available, so I may end up with both
versions again.

Regards,
Nicholas