Aspect Ratios 101 w/ Ryan Coogler & Kodak

[Ty Harper]

Nice!

 

[kye]

The only video one needs on aspect ratios:

 

[kye]

In all seriousness though, now that everything is devices and standards don't matter anymore, it's worth taking a few images and cropping them to different aspect ratios and seeing how the images feel.

I've become very fond of 2:1 lately.  Wider than 16:9 or 17:9, but not so wide that normal-sized screens force the subjects in the frame to be too small, as can happen with 2:35:1

[MrSMW]

1 hour ago, kye said:

I've become very fond of 2:1 lately.  Wider than 16:9 or 17:9, but not so wide that normal-sized screens force the subjects in the frame to be too small, as can happen with 2:35:1

Same here. 16:9 is very device friendly for full screen use but isn’t as *cough* cinematic as 2.35:1, but I find that sometimes too extreme to be standard ‘style’ for all my work.

I’m still debating whether to use 2:1 this year or stick with good old 16:9…

The advantage of shooting open gate is we have options and with Lumix, multiple frame markers and conscious of my socials, one of those markers is 9:16.

Being able to produce 2.35:1 and 9:16 from the same footage is a bit tricky, even with open gate and I will probably just stick with 16:9 + 9:16 as it’s the least extreme option.

Well 1:1 is the least extreme, but no thanks as that’s for squares.

[kye]

4 hours ago, MrSMW said:

Same here. 16:9 is very device friendly for full screen use but isn’t as *cough* cinematic as 2.35:1, but I find that sometimes too extreme to be standard ‘style’ for all my work.

I’m still debating whether to use 2:1 this year or stick with good old 16:9…

The advantage of shooting open gate is we have options and with Lumix, multiple frame markers and conscious of my socials, one of those markers is 9:16.

Being able to produce 2.35:1 and 9:16 from the same footage is a bit tricky, even with open gate and I will probably just stick with 16:9 + 9:16 as it’s the least extreme option.

Well 1:1 is the least extreme, but no thanks as that’s for squares.

Yeah, every time I think about how you might be composing for both horizontal and vertical I just imagine you turn into Wes Anderson and frame everything centred.  There are probably other ways to go about it, but I'm glad it's not something I have to work through!

[MrSMW]

Fortunately, I am a big Wes fan!

[Al Dolega]

I have been delivering in 14x9 (1.55:1) for a few years. With my new rig I will be narrowing that up a bit more, even, to 1.5:1 or 1.43:1 or maybe just 1.5:1. I'm liking the way 1.43:1 looks the most so far. Plus, Imax!

The Panasonic frame masks are going to be really useful for this, particularly for my fisheye, where I will actually be cropping width and height. I just wish I could use the masks when reviewing footage.