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I've always thought wide screen was strange. Didn't it originally come from projecting from two movie cameras side by side ? It's terrible for closeups in movie
by azgolfer 17y ago
I've always thought wide screen was strange. Didn't it originally come from projecting from two movie cameras side by side ? It's terrible for closeups in movies. It seems to me the human eye 'viewport' is somewhere around 4:3
- bartl 17y agoI've always assumed that widescreen was adopted because it's a convenient format for theaters: theater rooms are easily far wider than they are high. So it's a convenient way to get a larger image, in a room that is not too excessively high.
- lurkinggrue 17y agoIt was adopted due to compitition with television. Like that are doing now with 3D movies. TV was going to put movie theatres out of business. (At least how exec's thought)