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Author Topic: ParaNorman (2012) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 09-02-2012 12:07 AM                        CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 8 PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital Cinema DLP (3D) PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: The whole fucking show...from trailers to credits...was pillarboxed in the middle of the screen RATING: Three stars (out of four) THE PLOT: Norman...sees...dead...people. Wackiness ensues. Starts slow, gets better as it goes, and totally redeems itself in the end. I was under the impression that this was from the guy who did "Coraline", but it's apparently by some guy who had something to do with "Coraline". Storyboarding or some such nonsense.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-02-2012 01:02 AM                        Sounds like a flat picture run in scope mode.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-02-2012 04:42 PM                     quote: Sam Graham ...was pillarboxed in the middle of the screen No, ParaNorman is in scope. Just that new wave of operations are coming abroad and taking hold within a good number of circuits: to turn off masking motors and run scope features with the image presented in the "Band-aid" (pillarbox) mode, to prevent maintenance issues with the curtains and motors. This all comes from the big screen TV's that we have now: Since, with a lot of broadcast and in-home media presentations, most of the content is presented in the "pillarboxed" mode with the black bars above and below the image. Thus, the idea is: if the public are used to seeing films like this on TV, we can do the same on the movie screen. Also, with digital, the image can be more centered on the curved screen and reduce the keystoning, but the image has to be slightly pincushioned in on the corners when the image is centered to the screen. Sadly, I haven't heard one complaint from the public of why the 'pillarboxed' presentation, instead of a full masked presentation. This is prob due to the preshows that have to use full screen for their presentations and going from preshow to scope feature is taking a toll on the masking motors. REG is doing the same "Band-aid" procedure.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-02-2012 11:56 PM                        Maybe the scope pic was run in flat mode. That'll give you a pillar boxed image that's floating center screen.  |  IP: Logged

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