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One-Shot Scot
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject:
_Postage Stamp_ Format? Only in OZ. |
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On the 3rd disk of the 2006 model year DVD version of _The Wizard of Oz_
(Three-Disc Collector's Edition) there is a 1933 cartoon short called, _The
Wizard of Oz_. The introduction to this cartoon says:
_The print you're about to see, believed to be the best known version to
exist, is presented in a "postage stamp" format to preserve the full image._
The image is surrounded by black bars: Two thin ones on the sides and two
thicker ones on the top and bottom. The aspect ratio appears to be larger
than 1.37:1 and less than 1.66:1: More like one of these:
1.44 :1
1.50 :1
1.55 :1
1.58 :1
1.59 :1
Anyway, while I am familiar with the letterbox format, I had never before
heard of a _postage stamp_ format.
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/DVDs/AspectRatios/
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anthony
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: _Postage Stamp_ Format? Only in OZ. |
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I've encountered it a few times, but usually only at the beginning of a
movie so that credits won't appear sliced into.
The Synapse Films edition of Leni Riefenstah's 'Triumph of the Will'
opens like that, and so does the recent Universal transfer of The Marx
Bros' 'Animal Crackers'. |
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Jordan
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: _Postage Stamp_ Format? Only in OZ. |
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It's also called "Window Boxing". You'll see it on the credits to old
Warner Brothers cartooons too.
- Jordan |
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One-Shot Scot
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject:
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"Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | It's also called "Window Boxing". You'll see it on the credits to old
Warner Brothers cartooons too.
- Jordan
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So what's the routine? Is this done only with academy ratio (1.37:1) movies,
or were there some oddball ratios which were in circulation in the early
1930s? |
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One-Shot Scot
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:
Re: _Postage Stamp_ Format? Only in OZ. |
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"anthony" <anthonyjhcnospam@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1131321921.961198.201550@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | I've encountered it a few times, but usually only at the beginning of a
movie so that credits won't appear sliced into.
The Synapse Films edition of Leni Riefenstah's 'Triumph of the Will'
opens like that, and so does the recent Universal transfer of The Marx
Bros' 'Animal Crackers'.
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The only Marx Bros. movie that I have is _Night at the Opera_.
I have seen this type of under-scan before, but I have never heard it called
a postage stamp format. |
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Jordan
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject:
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One-Shot Scot wrote:
| Quote: | "Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1131331215.624076.259540@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
It's also called "Window Boxing". You'll see it on the credits to old
Warner Brothers cartooons too.
- Jordan
So what's the routine? Is this done only with academy ratio (1.37:1) movies,
or were there some oddball ratios which were in circulation in the early
1930s?
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It's not really a ratio thing, it's a television over-scan thing. It's
to prevent parts of the image from being cropped off by the television
over-scan.
You can see the over-scan yourself if you have a DVD player with a zoom
feature. Zoom the picture on any DVD to 1/2 size, you will see parts of
the picture that are normally not visible when the image is full size.
The parts that are lost fall in the over-scan area.
- Jordan |
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