[HPFGU-Movie] ~*~ Harry Potter DVD's In Full Screen Or Wide Screen Format ? ~*~

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~SpellBound Gryffindor~" <spellbound_hogwarts_gryffindor at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> ~*~*~*~ Hi Everyone! ... I want your opinions on this! Do you prefer

> watching the Harry Potter movies DVD's in the Full Screen or the Wide
> Screen format... and Why?

I generally prefer widescreen because that's
usually the way the filmmakers intended the film to be seen. The Harry Potter
movies are a little different, though, since they knew kids would be watching
this on home video, and most kids films sell best in fullscreen. (Someone
needs to educate the mothers!) The HP films were shot in Super 35 so there
is material above and below the widescreen frame that can be used for better
composition and framing in the fullscreen version. In the first two films
Christopher Columbus often seemed to frame scenes specifically for full-screen.
Though I have not seen POA in full-screen (I'll borrow it from the library
at some point), I have a hunch that Alfonso Cuarn probably leaned more toward
widescreen.

The best way to decide which is for you is to see screenshots.
There's a wonderful website that compares the widescreen and fullscreen DVDs
of the first two films. The site has apparently disappeared, but archive.org
has copies of it:

SS/PS: http://tinyurl.com/67r86
COS: http://tinyurl.com/3vgcs


Incidentally, if you want to be a real fanatic about collecting HP DVDs,
one alternative to just buying "Sorcerer's Stone" again in widescreen is to
import a widescreen "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" DVD from Canada.
That way you'll have all the bases covered. ;-)

Manda
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