http://nofilmschool.com read, discuss, learn: free film school for all Fri, 24 May 2013 04:50:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/criterion-video-essays-on-the-waterfront-aspect-ratio-restoring-warped-hitchcock-classic/ http://nofilmschool.com/2013/02/criterion-video-essays-on-the-waterfront-aspect-ratio-restoring-warped-hitchcock-classic/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:05:08 +0000 Dave Kendricken http://nofilmschool.com/?p=44755 The aspect ratio is one of the fundamentals determining your compositions. Even though we live in a time where displaying any aspect ratio is incredibly easy, films are still being shown incorrectly in many mediums in an attempt to make them fill the entire screen (even if that’s not the intention of the filmmaker). Interestingly enough, cinema history has actually been plagued by these kinds of issues related to aspect ratio. A visual essay by Criterion Collection illustrates how the intended aspect ratio of On The Waterfront is still in question to this day, and we also get a demonstration of the impressive restoration to Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much from a heavily warped and damaged print. (more…)

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