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\nGetting the Whole Picture<\/h3>\n

\nWhen I began my film, Carry On<\/i>, I had to decide on an aspect ratio; that is, the proportion of height to width of the film frame. I chose to use the 16:9 ratio, a very wide ratio similiar to those popularized in movie theaters in such formats as Cinemascope, Vista Vision and Cinerama, which they say were conceived to give the moviegoer an experience that could not be had on the medium that had become a threat to theatrical movies:\u00a0 television.<\/i><\/p>\n

Well, as we all know, television has found a way around that limitation. But in social media there are still examples of a fixed and restricted aspect ratio, mainly because of their use on cell phones.\u00a0 Specifically, I refer to Instagram, which crops everything to a perfect square. So, try to post a wide or tall image on Instagram, and it will simply be cropped down to a square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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This shows what goes missing when a 16:9 image, shown in blue,
is cropped down to a square shape.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I recently posted to my Instagram account a pencil test in 16:9 and was annoyed to find that, because of the cropping, it didn’t make any sense to the viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Here, in square format, the cropping cut off some important action at screen right.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Looking for a workaround, I did a little searching online and discovered a service called Kapwing. For no charge, I could upload my movie and get it modified so that the whole frame was in view, somewhat smaller, of course, but perfectly clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Now we can see the rear of the taxi, where something happens near the end of the clip.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Kapwing.com<\/a> merely requires the inclusion of their small watermark in the lower right corner of each movie. You can visit them for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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