|
This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2
|
Author
|
Topic: CinemaScope = ColorScope??
|
|
|
|
John Walsh
Film God
![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubbmembers/168.jpg)
Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
|
posted 07-19-2005 07:13 AM
No wonder you are going nuts. No one refers to those two aspect ratios as, "colorscope" or "colorflat." But, of course, because you are the only person not using those terms, they will consider you to be wrong!
I encouraged staff to refer to aspect ratios/ formats as 1.85, 1.66, 1.75, 2.39 and 2.21. That covered every practical situation.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Frank Angel
Film God
![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubbmembers/248b.jpg)
Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted 07-21-2005 01:22 AM
quote: Dan Bouvier Anamorphic is "colorscope" and flat is "colorflat." I asked if there was also "black-and-white-scope" and "black-and-white-flat" and they looked at me like I was crazy.
Who are these people using this terminology? Surely they aren't projectionists or technical people who work in this industry. What are they....managers? Assistant Managers? Look at them like THEY are crazy right back. Call these formats the way the rest of the industry does and forget about those who are using incorrect terminology.
"Scope" is the nickname for Anamorphic / 2.39 There is 2.55, 2.35 as well, but for all practical purposes, 2.39 is the current aspect ratio; the others are irrelevant unless you are running older classic prints.
"Flat" refers to any NON-anamorphic, i.e., an image that has no anamorphic compression and which comes in a varitey of different aspect ratios depending on the desired amount of cropping that was intended by the filmmakers when it was shot. These can be 1.37 (no cropping at all) 1.66, 1.75, 1.85. They can also be referred to as "Flat 1.37," "Flat 1.66," or "Flat 1.85," which is the most accurate because it imparts more information about the format ("flat" but by itself isn't particularly useful).
There is also a lesser used terminolody but which I have heard on occasion referring to flat pictures: "Spherical 1.66." Spherical 1.85 etc., again distinguishing them from anamophic prints.
Occasionally the word "wide screen" will-pop up, but just ignor it -- it is pretty meaningless because it's too generic; technically, every aspect ratio (except 1.37) is wide screen to more or less extent, so it tells you nothing, unless you suffix it as in: "wide screen 1.66," or "wide screen 1.85"
Also, years ago the sublicensee house Films Inc. which distributed 16mm prints to non-theatreical outlets used the designation c/s to tell at a glance that the print was both color and scope. Perhaps this is where your crazy people got the notion that c/s means CinemaScope. [ 07-21-2005, 07:21 AM: Message edited by: Frank Angel ]
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are Central (GMT -6:00)
|
This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2
|
Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classicTM
6.3.1.2
The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion
and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.
|