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| Even the old standard TV ratio (4:3) won't be able to show all of the picture that is present on the film. | Even the old standard TV ratio (4:3) won't be able to show all of the picture that is present on the film. | ||
| When I scan a movie trailer, I adapt to the picture that is present on film, and when that picture is flat and has a ratio that is lower than 4:3 I call it an open matte transfer. | When I scan a movie trailer, I adapt to the picture that is present on film, and when that picture is flat and has a ratio that is lower than 4:3 I call it an open matte transfer. | ||
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| You might be asking “why is it the case?” or “why do they make prints with a bigger picture than intended?”. It's simple, it's just because the camera they used fills the whole area of the film even if they intend to use only a portion of it. Adding a hard matte over it requires some effort that is not mandatory because the projectionnists will do it anyway | You might be asking “why is it the case?” or “why do they make prints with a bigger picture than intended?”. It's simple, it's just because the camera they used fills the whole area of the film even if they intend to use only a portion of it. Adding a hard matte over it requires some effort that is not mandatory because the projectionnists will do it anyway | ||
| + | I like performing open matte scans; it's my preferred format. Sometimes, it gives clues about the camera/lens equipment used, or other times it clearly differentiates between F/X shots and in-camera ones. It also reveals a lot of mics, booms, light equipment, sets' edges and crash mats. In all the scans I have made, nothing is more revealing than the street with parked cars behind the desert planet miniature set in | ||
| + | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzDx4UW0JX8|Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)]]. | ||
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