JPL posted : said by blue_trooper: said by NYC856 : Perhaps you ought to find the definition of "Open Matte" before you get so snarky.
Thank you! I couldn't remember the term for it. Additional space is shot around what's actually shown in the theater. That's not to say that a director sits there and says 'ok, we really need x amount of extra space just to make sure everything looks good on HBO!' But there is extra 'stuff' captured on the film. It is that version that generally ends up on premium channels like HBO.
Movie purists detest this because they believe it violates the vision of the director. In some cases, that's inarguably true - mood is set, e.g., by use of cropping. But for alot of what comes out of Hollywood these days, changing what you see really detracts nothing from the movie. The point remains, though - lack of black bars does NOT automatically mean that the movie has been cropped!
If the film was shot 2.39 and does not have black bars at the top and bottom - it was cropped. If it was cropped you lost part of the image. Saying anything different means you have no clue about film. Film producers are not taking into consideration how the film will display on HBO. You would be better off discussing a topic you have knowledge on - which obviously is not film.
Movie purists detest this because they believe it violates the vision of the director. In some cases, that's inarguably true - mood is set, e.g., by use of cropping. But for alot of what comes out of Hollywood these days, changing what you see really detracts nothing from the movie. The point remains, though - lack of black bars does NOT automatically mean that the movie has been cropped!
