What makes me sad is the thought of all the "black bar haters" who became "stretchers" when they got a 16x9 TV watching all of their existing pan&scan and open matte 4x3 DVDs stretched to 16x9.
I know some people who would rather die than to have to watch a 4x3 program in the proper aspect ratio (pillarboxed) on a 16x9 TV.
That's likely a difficult hurdle to overcome. A good comparison would be the number of times the government has tried and failed to introduce the metric system as the standard system of measurement to be taught in schools. Since 4:3 was first, it's going to stick around for a long, long time.
What I want to know, is when when "full screen" will stop being refereed to as either full or "standard". It is neither now. Wide screen is now standard and should now be considered both standard and full screen, while the old standard should be pillared or partial screen. Especially for the younger generations. You know who you are; the ones who have never lived without the internet and smart phones. :p
@ormaisazio Unfortunately, when I made this, standard TVs were still very prevalent, and YouTube's own aspect ratio was still 4:3. They did not give me an option to maintain my original ratio, which sucks. Maybe at some point in the near future I'll re-edit it to fit 16:9 dimensions.
@racenuke The end has nothing to do with Christians or Bible readers or people of any religion. Choosing the Bible as my comparative object was simply done for visibility, impact, and budget. I didn't have any works of art to tear up, and as someone who loves film more than anything else, watching people fuss with aspect ratio is as painful to me as Sinead O'Connor ripping up a picture of the pope is to the devout.
Lol! The ending was hilarious! Great video. I remember getting extremely annoyed as a kid with the Star Wars movies on VHS. They were in full screen (Pan and Scan), and during the opening crawl, you couldn't read the words because the sides were cut off, and by the time you could see the entire line on the screen, it was so far away you had to get up close to read it.
Can you allow embedding? Otherwise I crossposted this video to my ugc site from another site that allows embedding, but I'd rather link to your identity instead.
Video Games, especially from the NES to Playstation 2 era are meant to be scene in full screen view 4:3 standard format, but all these young children in this day and age don't know that and abandon aspect ratio making video game videos look horrible, as in the characters look flat and fatter than they should normally, text is agonizingly stretched and more people of this generation need to see this video, which is why is should be rated up!
I just have one question though. When I bought Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on Blu-ray in 1:85:1 HD widescreen version, I just saw the same film on HBO Comedy HD, but the aspect ratio was broadcasted in 1:78:1. So I was wondering, which aspect ratio was the movie originally made in?
4:3, 16:9 or 1.85:1 can be shown on any 16:9 TV and with 1.85:1 being slightly cropped. although yes on 4:3 TVs, 16:9 and 1.85:1 is cropped so detail is cut out. so on 16:9 TVs, it's not an issue. but however on 16:9 TVs, movies shot in 2.35:1, 2.39:1. 2.40:1 or between 1955 to 1967 in 2.55:1 aka cinemascope when pan and scanned to fit 16:9 are still problematic. "eagle eye" (2008) was filmed in 2.35:1 but when i saw it on TV in 16:9 there was missing detail!!!
holy shit, this video is great. i was watching "Lone Star" and had never seen an aspect ratio that was so thin (filmed in Super 35).. eventually I was led to this video. very informative, thanks so much man.
Why does CorpTube enforce a screen wasting 16x9 picture when not in full screen? What's the point, you BP promoting net neutrality destroying music nazi fucks?
@wakaratwakawaka Re: "Why does CorpTube enforce a screen wasting 16x9 picture when not in full screen?"
Not only that. All the cropping and stretching options were given to the uploaders and not the viewers. Most of them choose the stretching option to remove the "annoying black bars". Sad that this has now become acceptable.
hey guys i actually found out watching running sports like football or rugby in 2.40 (2.39) aspect ratio is way better! it looks like they run much faster and it looks so sweet. There is an example on Youtube, just look up 'Amazing Rugby Tries' and choose the first video. It's not the best quality but you can really see that aspect ratio when you see the men running :) please take time to search it up, thank you.
help with my computers monitor i was playing online games when suddenly the electricity has been caught off and after a while the electrity came on and i turn on the computer after it loads i see a black in the side of my desktop after i restart i see another black on the other side its like it has been sqeeze or someting how do i get rid of it?
it's funny with all your expert talk on aspect ratio you couldn't manage to fill youtube's now widescreen aspect ratio, lol, just kidding, apart from the silly swearing at the end that was highly informative and interesting, thanks.
@tadthorton As if to make your point, it isn't rare or unusual; Disney used to frame many of its movies that way. If I've insulted you, the burden of guilt is with you, not me; I merely made an educational video with a self-conscious jab at film student pretension, and you were careless enough to take it personally. If I took YOU that literally, I'd think you actually expect me to find a dock from which to off myself. My advice to you, since you solicited it, is to learn to take a joke.
@griffin324 That's not too bad. Generally a 1.85:1 movie shown on a 16:9 screen displays a tiny letterbox sliver on the top and bottom. If your television cuts off the sides, you're probably only missing a dozen pixels or so.
@BryanWay oh okay. do you know how i could get it to letterbox 1.85 movies? i've looked in the tv menu and i can't find anything. i'd like to see the whole picture, even if it is not that much.
Very good video, though I must criticize one part. Evil Dead was filmed in 1.33:1, true. However it was shown in theater in 1.85:1 (matted, like you mentioned). Sam Raimi did actually want it to be shown this was and worked with Anchor Bay for the release to have it presented in 1.85:1.
Thank you for explaining it in a way that I can show to the dumbshits that say shit like "Widescreen cuts off the top and bottom of the screen and it's annoying!"
Thank you very much for this video! This is exactly how I feel about fucking up the OAR! Although I am not a professional, I am a huge film an video fan. Also, my problem often is, that the picture is stretched horizontally or vertically. I'd really love to see another video of yours, where you'd address this topic.
PLEA TO EVERYBODY: please do care about correct aspect ratio! Do not let them butcher our beloved videos am movies!!!
damn straight! i care about the OAR! i see great movies in theaters in glorious 2.35:1, and i enjoy it. then i see it on tv in dumbass 4:3 format! then my mom sets her tv to 'stretch' and doesn't care that circles are ovals, faces are squished, none of that. i'd take the black bars over ruined composition anyday.
@griffin324 To put it in very elementary terms... in a16:9 format, for every 16 inches of width, you have 9 inches of height. If this were a recipe found in a cookbook, it would call for 16 parts water and 9 parts salt. If the 16 represented feet, then the 9 would also represent feet. But, as Bryan stated, it's like a fraction. The dimensions aren't always 16 feet by 9 feet.
Also, if you really want a good religious example to use on older people, bring up the classic image of the last supper which looks would leave out a lot of the Apostles if cropped to 4:3 :-)
Hey Bryan, your 16x9 image IS NOT 16X9 ! The rectangle you have at :41 seconds into you clip is actually 2:39:1 - which is what is now staple is most movies.
People who had a 16X9 widescreen TV that purchase a 2:39:1 movie will still have horizontal bars.
I have a widescreen tv. and i put my dvd player on 16:9 mode but the other day i switched it to 4:3 letterbox mode and it looked zoomed out. so was i watching the wrong way? which one is right for my tv?
@griffin324 : 16:9 is the proper format for a widescreen TV, particularly when watching most movies. The only time you should watch anything in 4:3 letterbox is when DVD isn't anamorphic widescreen, which will give you that 'zoomed out' effect. When that happens, and when 16:9 mode makes people look stretched horizontally, your best bet is to use the 'wide zoom' functions if your TV has it; that will retain the aspect ratio while blowing up the image to fit the screen. Hope this helps!
I've compared the 4:3 letterbox mode to the 16:9 mode on my DVD player and it seems i am missing some stuff when in 16:9 mode. You think it's alright if I just leave it in 4:3 letterbox mode? I don't want to miss stuff on the sides or top or bottom.
@griffin324 : It really depends on what you're watching. Old movies and television shows are mostly in 4:3, while most movies after 1965 and television shows after 2007 are in 16:9. Personally, I switch the ratios as necessary. If you want to stick with just one, you have to pick the one you like better of the two.
Yeah fathers can be like that but you gotta love them because if my father didn't tell me this, I would be taking fullscreen. I first discovered the truth of widescreen at a free kids showing of titan A.E. with my mom and when the character ease dropped, I wanted to see it on vhs but it was panned out. I can't watch a movie without my younger sister analyzing the screen for black bars and it bugs me. I just wish people knew that if a great movie is 2.35 or 2.40, get that version.
I feel ya on that because I love widescreen and to me I love the 2.40(2.39) ratio better on 4:3 tvs than the 16:9 because to me the square looks more artistic while the 16:9 just makes it bigger. When they stretch a 16:9 on a 4:3 ratio then it looks like a heard of human giraffes stomping around so I agree, leave it the heck alone because technically when they remaster a 4:3 to 16:9, they are actually cutting the top and bottom, but ppl don't get that.
@chappimp You gotta understand, some people enjoy widescreen in different ways and I enjoy the scope in a 4:3 ratio because it gives more of an artistic feel. Yes I have an HDTV and I do watch movies on it, but I like the big spaces because it just feels more like art and looks more cinematic to me. When director direct, the camera is set to 1:33, but the director chooses the scope for his/hers reasons and when movies are filmed, the 4:3 has the 2:40 box in the middle.
@MrJsmit actually a movie with a top notch DP (cinematographer) would be widescreen because of the lens used. it is mostly lower budget movies that use matting to give that "cinematic" feel you love. But hey whatever makes you happy. you like Standard Def 480i with lots of unused space have at it. I'll go with blu-ray with the best HD screen i can get.
It's an edited version of 'You Are Snake Anthony' by Medeski, Martin & Wood. Though it goes by quickly, I do have it listed in the credits. I recommend pausing it to read about it.
When the entire spoken text of a video has been written down beforehand and then read out oud (by someone who isn't an actor) the resulting soliloquy usually does a very poor job communicating its content. For example, after over 5 times rewinding the sentence "the joke in this scene is...", I still cannot figure out the word at 4:10. If the reader had instead been speaking spontaneously, or new how to read out loud efficiently, it would have been clear.
If the words came out spontaneously from anyone not versed on the subject, the voice track would have been a mumbling, rambling mess that would have occasionally driven off topic, stopped unexpectedly and ruined the pacing. See every film commentary for examples. Not hearing one word out of 1,072 is no basis for a criticism of an entire work, especially for something made by one person with no budget. Besides, if you don't understand it, you can always turn on the captions.
omg that was so fucking funny at the end. great video though man, I hate it when people ask me a question about film making and I explain it and they just are like, "What?"
i got it but it might be confusing because now youtube is widescreen so there is the extra pillaboxing on the left and right always and this vid was made for SD 4:3
Yeah, there really should be an option to format the screen for one's video, since it'd be extremely difficult to update this for the new format. Thank you for the comment, though!
This is creepily Ironic. I found this video after searching for information to explain the anger in my facebook status post:
Paul HATES people who stretch the aspect ratio on their TV because they "hateses them goshdarned black bars." Just because you took out a second mortgage to buy your 7 foot plasma doesn't mean you have to stretch 4:3 into 16:9, so that Dr. House looks like Fred F***ing Flinstone!!! Jesus how can you not see how stretched that is. ARE YOU THAT F***ING STUPID?!!
Spoken like a true film student, down to the profane rant. tsk tsk. But I agree whole-heartedly, not that any of the swearing helps get your point across.
The only film class I've taken so far is on criticism. Not my favorite, and I found it hard to do while maintaining any amount of professionalism. I look forward to making movies.
Thankyou, I now have a greater understanding of Aspect Ratio on films. Still do not know how it will help me, as when I explain to customers why there are black borders on the screen when they watch films on their pc, laptop, lcd, Plasma screen, they will still laugh at me and tell me they work as a IT Professional, or they know someone who works it electrical goods and they have never heared that, so I must be talking rubbish.
But if you think that aspect ratio thing is bad, well they used to have 16 minutes for a super 8mm packaged movie. Imagine a 90 minute movie cut down to 16 minutes.
If you show letter box or pillar box on a projector I don't think people can tell.
But hate it when some idiots letterbox a widescreen movie on 4x3 overall frame and I get a black border on a widescreen TV, I mean the 16x9 format letterboxes it for you.
Finally, a video to sum up what I have only been reading. Still, I'm a little disappointed I never got to see a shot from Napoleon (1927). But this vid is great and I just wish a ton of more people could watch this. I've always preferred widescreen formats because I feel that people are more accustomed to moving their eyes left and right versus up and down. In any event, thanks for the vid. It's very informative and also pretty funny.
Well thank you for your intelligent and detailed comment! I did hunt around for a shot of Napoleon but I couldn't find anything that would do it justice at the time, so I skipped out on Ben Hur as well. It really does mean a lot to me that so many people have responded positively to this.
This was the best explaining video what i've seen whatsoever. And you're absolutely right ! Keep the widescreen image widescreen! I'm sick of pan and shitting the images, just to fit for idiots TV....
What makes me sad is the thought of all the "black bar haters" who became "stretchers" when they got a 16x9 TV watching all of their existing pan&scan and open matte 4x3 DVDs stretched to 16x9.
I know some people who would rather die than to have to watch a 4x3 program in the proper aspect ratio (pillarboxed) on a 16x9 TV.
danielthechskid 15 hours ago
The ending is great.
puretroubleman 2 days ago
watch?v=04i3DcH42mw what aspect ratio is that?
skrikon 3 weeks ago
I was grateful for the information. I enjoyed and gained a lot of knowledge. I would consider a different ending. I was shocked!
MarlonNdecatur 1 month ago
That's likely a difficult hurdle to overcome. A good comparison would be the number of times the government has tried and failed to introduce the metric system as the standard system of measurement to be taught in schools. Since 4:3 was first, it's going to stick around for a long, long time.
BryanWay 1 month ago
What I want to know, is when when "full screen" will stop being refereed to as either full or "standard". It is neither now. Wide screen is now standard and should now be considered both standard and full screen, while the old standard should be pillared or partial screen. Especially for the younger generations. You know who you are; the ones who have never lived without the internet and smart phones. :p
Catarrhini 1 month ago
I would just like to say THANK YOU for the explanation of the aspect ratio in terms that were both informative and understandable.
webb1141 1 month ago 2
never had i had so much fun watching a video for my multimedia exam.....wooot film majors!
imgiwonlee 1 month ago
it's too wide to be letterbox at 0:40... sorry if someone already noticed that :P
Aleksiv95 2 months ago
How many people here hates the ratio this whole clip was edited in, like me??
ormaisazio 2 months ago
@ormaisazio Unfortunately, when I made this, standard TVs were still very prevalent, and YouTube's own aspect ratio was still 4:3. They did not give me an option to maintain my original ratio, which sucks. Maybe at some point in the near future I'll re-edit it to fit 16:9 dimensions.
BryanWay 2 months ago
0.0???? Am I going to die!?
targon709 3 months ago
I was enjoying the video until the end... It's messed up... What have Christians or bible readers done to you to deserve this much hate?
racenuke 4 months ago
@racenuke The end has nothing to do with Christians or Bible readers or people of any religion. Choosing the Bible as my comparative object was simply done for visibility, impact, and budget. I didn't have any works of art to tear up, and as someone who loves film more than anything else, watching people fuss with aspect ratio is as painful to me as Sinead O'Connor ripping up a picture of the pope is to the devout.
BryanWay 4 months ago 5
love the end
zellernewman1 5 months ago
just saw the music video for robyn's call your girlfriend here on youtube. what aspect ratio is that?
skrikon 5 months ago
.... all I wanted to know is why my video got squished vertically after upload to utube.
wiseguyproductions 6 months ago
Cant stop laughing at the end
Huddiethegreat 6 months ago
I always wanted to see Ben Hur with it's original aspect ratio. What a treat that'd be!
skittlesareyum48 7 months ago
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HouseSaleAdvisors 7 months ago
@HouseSaleAdvisors He (I) certainly did not say heighth. That's a hard T at the end.
BryanWay 7 months ago
Lol! The ending was hilarious! Great video. I remember getting extremely annoyed as a kid with the Star Wars movies on VHS. They were in full screen (Pan and Scan), and during the opening crawl, you couldn't read the words because the sides were cut off, and by the time you could see the entire line on the screen, it was so far away you had to get up close to read it.
FlamingSpidermonkeys 8 months ago
hahaha sick ending :D
facethemirrorxx 8 months ago
Can you allow embedding? Otherwise I crossposted this video to my ugc site from another site that allows embedding, but I'd rather link to your identity instead.
mizerydearia 8 months ago
I fucking love it when supposed educational videos actually turn out to be fucking educational.
Way to go Bryan Way
Tigerroar88 9 months ago
lmao...i send this to people who don't understand aspect ratio.
fuzonacid 9 months ago
our geometry teacher played this for us in class without watching it beforehand...
savetheplanet88 9 months ago
love the sudden aberration and the ripping of the bible. very informative video though. XD
mavishill 10 months ago
why 2,35:1 looks more comfortable than 16:9,
even if we simply cut up and down areas ?
anxs220 10 months ago
Video Games, especially from the NES to Playstation 2 era are meant to be scene in full screen view 4:3 standard format, but all these young children in this day and age don't know that and abandon aspect ratio making video game videos look horrible, as in the characters look flat and fatter than they should normally, text is agonizingly stretched and more people of this generation need to see this video, which is why is should be rated up!
StoneMonkWisdom 11 months ago
EXCELLENT! I played this as an educational to my class aged between 11 & 12......................
roglowe 1 year ago
I just have one question though. When I bought Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on Blu-ray in 1:85:1 HD widescreen version, I just saw the same film on HBO Comedy HD, but the aspect ratio was broadcasted in 1:78:1. So I was wondering, which aspect ratio was the movie originally made in?
NightShadow720 1 year ago
4:3, 16:9 or 1.85:1 can be shown on any 16:9 TV and with 1.85:1 being slightly cropped. although yes on 4:3 TVs, 16:9 and 1.85:1 is cropped so detail is cut out. so on 16:9 TVs, it's not an issue. but however on 16:9 TVs, movies shot in 2.35:1, 2.39:1. 2.40:1 or between 1955 to 1967 in 2.55:1 aka cinemascope when pan and scanned to fit 16:9 are still problematic. "eagle eye" (2008) was filmed in 2.35:1 but when i saw it on TV in 16:9 there was missing detail!!!
9eigh 1 year ago
very humorous. i loved it. and also taught me a little something about which aspect ratio i should render my COD videos in.
MunkiesMontages 1 year ago
hahah good job man!
sp0013 1 year ago
Informative, and a little bit offensive. This is exactly what Film Studies students should be shown :P
AnthonyF53 1 year ago
holy shit, this video is great. i was watching "Lone Star" and had never seen an aspect ratio that was so thin (filmed in Super 35).. eventually I was led to this video. very informative, thanks so much man.
eyestoobright 1 year ago
Question: How do you divide 1.85:1? :D
CubeLuda 1 year ago
@CubeLuda what do you mean?
FrivDezzy 1 year ago
@FrivDezzy
In the video the guy said in order to get the genuine ratio, you need to divide it.
CubeLuda 1 year ago
lol had to look at this for my U of M class on T.V. Loves it!
rickiegirl 1 year ago
Very interesting and entertaining, thanks for the educational info! I guess not everyone has a sense of humor lol.
ksandberg2002 1 year ago
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A F*CKING MORON!? LOL!!!
TorrynTeruAyarrin 1 year ago
Are burgeois really different that your so called "aristocracy"?
I dont understand you. Aristocracy=burgeois with money?
MrCrgl 1 year ago
awesome, soo good
filipdrone 1 year ago
****ing amazing.
Immortal113 1 year ago
Why does CorpTube enforce a screen wasting 16x9 picture when not in full screen? What's the point, you BP promoting net neutrality destroying music nazi fucks?
wakaratwakawaka 1 year ago
@wakaratwakawaka Re: "Why does CorpTube enforce a screen wasting 16x9 picture when not in full screen?"
Not only that. All the cropping and stretching options were given to the uploaders and not the viewers. Most of them choose the stretching option to remove the "annoying black bars". Sad that this has now become acceptable.
tsntana 5 months ago
hey guys i actually found out watching running sports like football or rugby in 2.40 (2.39) aspect ratio is way better! it looks like they run much faster and it looks so sweet. There is an example on Youtube, just look up 'Amazing Rugby Tries' and choose the first video. It's not the best quality but you can really see that aspect ratio when you see the men running :) please take time to search it up, thank you.
20327070 1 year ago
Good job
*clap*clap*
RAIKISHINN 1 year ago
help with my computers monitor i was playing online games when suddenly the electricity has been caught off and after a while the electrity came on and i turn on the computer after it loads i see a black in the side of my desktop after i restart i see another black on the other side its like it has been sqeeze or someting how do i get rid of it?
iiiazrockiii 1 year ago
it's funny with all your expert talk on aspect ratio you couldn't manage to fill youtube's now widescreen aspect ratio, lol, just kidding, apart from the silly swearing at the end that was highly informative and interesting, thanks.
monkeyboy85 1 year ago
I clicked on the video, watched the first ten seconds and then skipped to 5:30 for the lols
gismo588 1 year ago
what is youtubes aspect ratio atm? :S
been looking for ages but cant find it anywere:(
JakeyyBoiProductions 1 year ago
@JakeyyBoiProductions 16:9.
Salerwhoa 1 year ago
Like the video, I shoot 11:4 btw
Tubeboy732 1 year ago
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tadthorton 1 year ago
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tadthorton 1 year ago
@tadthorton As if to make your point, it isn't rare or unusual; Disney used to frame many of its movies that way. If I've insulted you, the burden of guilt is with you, not me; I merely made an educational video with a self-conscious jab at film student pretension, and you were careless enough to take it personally. If I took YOU that literally, I'd think you actually expect me to find a dock from which to off myself. My advice to you, since you solicited it, is to learn to take a joke.
BryanWay 1 year ago
@tadthorton I take it you're not much for comedy.
preconcussion 1 year ago
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tadthorton 1 year ago
is it bad if my tv crops a 1.85 movie to 16:9 (1.78)?
griffin324 1 year ago
@griffin324 That's not too bad. Generally a 1.85:1 movie shown on a 16:9 screen displays a tiny letterbox sliver on the top and bottom. If your television cuts off the sides, you're probably only missing a dozen pixels or so.
BryanWay 1 year ago
@BryanWay oh okay. do you know how i could get it to letterbox 1.85 movies? i've looked in the tv menu and i can't find anything. i'd like to see the whole picture, even if it is not that much.
griffin324 1 year ago
You sir, made my Orginial aspect ratio'd day.
Really.
CptPakundo 1 year ago
I was just needing help with math ratio's I do not think I needed to watch this video.
CrewDavis 1 year ago
Very good video, though I must criticize one part. Evil Dead was filmed in 1.33:1, true. However it was shown in theater in 1.85:1 (matted, like you mentioned). Sam Raimi did actually want it to be shown this was and worked with Anchor Bay for the release to have it presented in 1.85:1.
gabel1337 1 year ago
Great info, Shit myself laughing when you got violent toward the end lol
thejakewearsprada 1 year ago
Thank you for explaining it in a way that I can show to the dumbshits that say shit like "Widescreen cuts off the top and bottom of the screen and it's annoying!"
EdenFalls13 1 year ago
LMAO! Great ending. I feel the same way...
Gshiznit74 1 year ago
is the aspect ratio on my camera fixed? cause i want to film in 4:3 it seems like my camera is fixed on 16:9 its a hd camera
workshop4life1 1 year ago
@workshop4life1 Why would you wan't to film with 4:3? that aspect sucks you should stay with 16:9
HumanOFtheWeek3000 1 year ago
@HumanOFtheWeek3000 I film skateboarding. and when you attach a fisheye lens to it you want to get more of the persons height.
workshop4life1 1 year ago
pretty good until the end =/
and, the 16:9 you show at :40 is most definitely not 16:9. it's definitely wider than that.
thecodasounds 1 year ago
lol, my lecturer showed this to my media and film class :) good times, i was bored shitless until the end. pissed myself :)
MIKEEYT1 1 year ago
@MIKEEYT1 Wow, glad to hear it's an educational tool now. Where was this class?
BryanWay 1 year ago 3
is it true that pillarboxing can lead to burn-in?
griffin324 1 year ago
That went from being educational to dumb and unfunny real quick.
UnitedNutmeg 1 year ago
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griffin324 1 year ago
People will never learn. Most can't see it, and are more interested in not getting black borders anyway.
The only solution is for youtube to put a button on their player, so the viewer can change the aspect ratio while watching.
It's so easy to do, that it's unbelievable that they (and all other video sites) haven't done it already.
realisticHomeboy 1 year ago 2
favourited for sacrelige
neomp5 1 year ago 2
We need to update this video since youtube has gone HD now.
jafri 1 year ago 4
@jafri Yeah- it's now showing in a 4x3 frame with black bars on the sides, widescreen stuff letterboxed within the 4x3 frame.
eyeh8nbc 4 months ago
Thank you very much for this video! This is exactly how I feel about fucking up the OAR! Although I am not a professional, I am a huge film an video fan. Also, my problem often is, that the picture is stretched horizontally or vertically. I'd really love to see another video of yours, where you'd address this topic.
PLEA TO EVERYBODY: please do care about correct aspect ratio! Do not let them butcher our beloved videos am movies!!!
whiterottenrabbit 1 year ago
damn straight! i care about the OAR! i see great movies in theaters in glorious 2.35:1, and i enjoy it. then i see it on tv in dumbass 4:3 format! then my mom sets her tv to 'stretch' and doesn't care that circles are ovals, faces are squished, none of that. i'd take the black bars over ruined composition anyday.
antiepitome317 1 year ago
haha at 5:45
ShoelessJoe11 2 years ago
I'm with Pbrlimit, what you say is 16:9 is actually 2.39:1. 16:9 doesn't have that big of letterboxes.
VCavman24 2 years ago
this is the only person u would would know that has an immaturely corny name like bloodDem0n25
bloodDem0n25 2 years ago
hahaa Awesome!
rickgut2004 2 years ago
what does 16:9 measure? 16:9 what?
griffin324 2 years ago
@griffin324 It's a ratio of length to height. Think of it like a fraction.
BryanWay 2 years ago
@BryanWay oh okay i thought it actually measured something.
griffin324 2 years ago
What aspect ratio should I view on VLC? Should I view movies by default or change them to 16:9. I don't like distorted or crop images.
lilcrazyaznboy 2 years ago
You should of course watch the movies in whatever aspect ratio they happen to be in.
Of course you should not set your VLC player to just play all videos in 16:9, because not all videos are in 16:9.
Set it to source, and only when a video is in the wrong format, you set it manually to make it the correct aspect ratio.
realisticHomeboy 1 year ago
@griffin324 To put it in very elementary terms... in a16:9 format, for every 16 inches of width, you have 9 inches of height. If this were a recipe found in a cookbook, it would call for 16 parts water and 9 parts salt. If the 16 represented feet, then the 9 would also represent feet. But, as Bryan stated, it's like a fraction. The dimensions aren't always 16 feet by 9 feet.
PrideofWhitey 1 year ago
Also, if you really want a good religious example to use on older people, bring up the classic image of the last supper which looks would leave out a lot of the Apostles if cropped to 4:3 :-)
pbrlimit 2 years ago
Hey Bryan, your 16x9 image IS NOT 16X9 ! The rectangle you have at :41 seconds into you clip is actually 2:39:1 - which is what is now staple is most movies.
People who had a 16X9 widescreen TV that purchase a 2:39:1 movie will still have horizontal bars.
pbrlimit 2 years ago
damn! you are fucking smart!
SilverHeretic 2 years ago
@SilverHeretic Well jeez, I wouldn't think of this particular video showcasing any intelligence, but thank you!
BryanWay 2 years ago
is this guy an atheist, or what?
oaken444 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Dude... get a life!!!
avenged64 2 years ago
I have a widescreen tv. and i put my dvd player on 16:9 mode but the other day i switched it to 4:3 letterbox mode and it looked zoomed out. so was i watching the wrong way? which one is right for my tv?
griffin324 2 years ago
@griffin324 : 16:9 is the proper format for a widescreen TV, particularly when watching most movies. The only time you should watch anything in 4:3 letterbox is when DVD isn't anamorphic widescreen, which will give you that 'zoomed out' effect. When that happens, and when 16:9 mode makes people look stretched horizontally, your best bet is to use the 'wide zoom' functions if your TV has it; that will retain the aspect ratio while blowing up the image to fit the screen. Hope this helps!
BryanWay 2 years ago
I've compared the 4:3 letterbox mode to the 16:9 mode on my DVD player and it seems i am missing some stuff when in 16:9 mode. You think it's alright if I just leave it in 4:3 letterbox mode? I don't want to miss stuff on the sides or top or bottom.
griffin324 2 years ago
@griffin324 : It really depends on what you're watching. Old movies and television shows are mostly in 4:3, while most movies after 1965 and television shows after 2007 are in 16:9. Personally, I switch the ratios as necessary. If you want to stick with just one, you have to pick the one you like better of the two.
BryanWay 2 years ago
watch your mouth! there are fucking children watching this video!
oaken444 2 years ago
A bit counterproductive there, lol.
4ziATiC 2 years ago
children in the school,and with their friends, learn worse things than the video ;)
yoelsilver 2 years ago 6
Awesome!
dharding45 2 years ago 3
Yeah fathers can be like that but you gotta love them because if my father didn't tell me this, I would be taking fullscreen. I first discovered the truth of widescreen at a free kids showing of titan A.E. with my mom and when the character ease dropped, I wanted to see it on vhs but it was panned out. I can't watch a movie without my younger sister analyzing the screen for black bars and it bugs me. I just wish people knew that if a great movie is 2.35 or 2.40, get that version.
MrJsmit 2 years ago 5
i hate when people stretch a 4:3 image to 16:9 on their hdtvs. they can't tell that it looks ugly.
RAQ665 2 years ago 2
I feel ya on that because I love widescreen and to me I love the 2.40(2.39) ratio better on 4:3 tvs than the 16:9 because to me the square looks more artistic while the 16:9 just makes it bigger. When they stretch a 16:9 on a 4:3 ratio then it looks like a heard of human giraffes stomping around so I agree, leave it the heck alone because technically when they remaster a 4:3 to 16:9, they are actually cutting the top and bottom, but ppl don't get that.
MrJsmit 2 years ago 7
@MrJsmit : You love watching 2.40(2.39) movies on your 4x3 TV? really? I would suggest you get a better TV
chappimp 1 year ago
@chappimp You gotta understand, some people enjoy widescreen in different ways and I enjoy the scope in a 4:3 ratio because it gives more of an artistic feel. Yes I have an HDTV and I do watch movies on it, but I like the big spaces because it just feels more like art and looks more cinematic to me. When director direct, the camera is set to 1:33, but the director chooses the scope for his/hers reasons and when movies are filmed, the 4:3 has the 2:40 box in the middle.
MrJsmit 1 year ago
@MrJsmit actually a movie with a top notch DP (cinematographer) would be widescreen because of the lens used. it is mostly lower budget movies that use matting to give that "cinematic" feel you love. But hey whatever makes you happy. you like Standard Def 480i with lots of unused space have at it. I'll go with blu-ray with the best HD screen i can get.
FrivDezzy 1 year ago
look at my video, i have stretched him from 4:3 to 16:9 and looks great
/watch?v=v7guziAM6fM
original size: 704x528
output size: 1280x720
avenged64 2 years ago
thank you so much
that little rant at the end is how exactly i feel
sometimes i feel alone
now i know im not
quizno1992 2 years ago
hahaha nice job bleeping stuff out
ChloeStoner 2 years ago
Oo song?
urbanr0cker 2 years ago
It's an edited version of 'You Are Snake Anthony' by Medeski, Martin & Wood. Though it goes by quickly, I do have it listed in the credits. I recommend pausing it to read about it.
BryanWay 2 years ago
very interesting, thanks alot
BenScooter1 2 years ago
When the entire spoken text of a video has been written down beforehand and then read out oud (by someone who isn't an actor) the resulting soliloquy usually does a very poor job communicating its content. For example, after over 5 times rewinding the sentence "the joke in this scene is...", I still cannot figure out the word at 4:10. If the reader had instead been speaking spontaneously, or new how to read out loud efficiently, it would have been clear.
butterf1yz 2 years ago
If the words came out spontaneously from anyone not versed on the subject, the voice track would have been a mumbling, rambling mess that would have occasionally driven off topic, stopped unexpectedly and ruined the pacing. See every film commentary for examples. Not hearing one word out of 1,072 is no basis for a criticism of an entire work, especially for something made by one person with no budget. Besides, if you don't understand it, you can always turn on the captions.
BryanWay 2 years ago
The joke in this scene is RUINED. How can you not hear that, it's as plain as day.
flares 2 years ago 5
very nice.
january011 2 years ago
Thank you Bryan so much .
Androgenicus 2 years ago
tourette syndrome? :D
TryOrDieTV 2 years ago 3
lol... maybe....
NYredwhiteandblue 2 years ago
Good video :)
234566tgvb 2 years ago
quite funny
drummerlars 2 years ago
wow the end was seriously hilarious!!
SassyHippoProduction 2 years ago 4
omg that was so fucking funny at the end. great video though man, I hate it when people ask me a question about film making and I explain it and they just are like, "What?"
actingzach 2 years ago
I'm very pleased that you like it!
BryanWay 2 years ago
i got it but it might be confusing because now youtube is widescreen so there is the extra pillaboxing on the left and right always and this vid was made for SD 4:3
ddfilm92 2 years ago
Yeah, there really should be an option to format the screen for one's video, since it'd be extremely difficult to update this for the new format. Thank you for the comment, though!
BryanWay 2 years ago
I agree.
ddfilm92 2 years ago
please excuse typo!
funkypopsicle 2 years ago
Class. Thank you for explaining that subject professionally... From beginning, middle right up to the end. Flawless. Great video, thanks gain.
funkypopsicle 2 years ago
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caboll 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I guess I've finally found the first person to be truly offended by the Bible thing!
BryanWay 2 years ago
Amen!!
FutileGrief 2 years ago
Stanley Kubrick always used fullscreen style? ( 2001 is widescreen as I remenber... ) Thanks for the video
Volviert 2 years ago
Great video!
bigboi97 2 years ago
GREAT !!
philipearlwilliams 2 years ago
This is creepily Ironic. I found this video after searching for information to explain the anger in my facebook status post:
Paul HATES people who stretch the aspect ratio on their TV because they "hateses them goshdarned black bars." Just because you took out a second mortgage to buy your 7 foot plasma doesn't mean you have to stretch 4:3 into 16:9, so that Dr. House looks like Fred F***ing Flinstone!!! Jesus how can you not see how stretched that is. ARE YOU THAT F***ING STUPID?!!
familiar?
pccalhoun 2 years ago 4
Spoken like a true film student, down to the profane rant. tsk tsk. But I agree whole-heartedly, not that any of the swearing helps get your point across.
dtwhitney 2 years ago
Spoken like a true student of film criticism.
BryanWay 2 years ago
The only film class I've taken so far is on criticism. Not my favorite, and I found it hard to do while maintaining any amount of professionalism. I look forward to making movies.
dtwhitney 2 years ago
All cockery aside, that fucking rocked.
incrowdcynic 2 years ago
nicely said, mate.
2damax010101 2 years ago
amen brother
LanesClassicComedy95 2 years ago
nice video
seansobes 2 years ago
Wow, uhm, i rated that with a 5 before he went off... i would like to retract my rating please?
jncojess 2 years ago
It came unexpected :)
timidimit 2 years ago
wow man i um.. dunno what to say i mean we were all good discussin aspect ratio then BOOM you just snapped. lmao GJ tho enjoyed the vid
drunkendragon182002 2 years ago
You are like my personal hero!
Thanks for showing the truth, man!
heystupidbuttman 2 years ago
thanks for the video
slash4324 2 years ago
Where is 2.76:1 (Ben Hur)
nmbssncb 2 years ago
I couldn't get a hold of that one when I was making the video, sorry!
BryanWay 2 years ago
No problem. Was just curious. Thanks anyway.
nmbssncb 2 years ago
>loss of quality because the film has been zoomed in
Because film isn't higher resolution than TV or anything...
antitab0 2 years ago
Histarical!
zeo285 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I always hated "full screen", and tbh, I think the black bars look sophisticated.
ladystardust722 2 years ago 2
Good job.
wabdinur 2 years ago
great video
sonic2batt 2 years ago
Wow. I didn't see the cussing coming. Great video though.
The4thGuy 2 years ago
i like this guy
allusaallan 2 years ago
ha i logged in just to tell you that was awesome. thank you. fucker.
engion3 2 years ago
That was great.
u2coollol1 2 years ago
But then, if they knew the answer, why are they asking the question ?
234566tgvb 2 years ago
Thankyou, I now have a greater understanding of Aspect Ratio on films. Still do not know how it will help me, as when I explain to customers why there are black borders on the screen when they watch films on their pc, laptop, lcd, Plasma screen, they will still laugh at me and tell me they work as a IT Professional, or they know someone who works it electrical goods and they have never heared that, so I must be talking rubbish.
234566tgvb 2 years ago
So what film school do you go to?
But if you think that aspect ratio thing is bad, well they used to have 16 minutes for a super 8mm packaged movie. Imagine a 90 minute movie cut down to 16 minutes.
If you show letter box or pillar box on a projector I don't think people can tell.
But hate it when some idiots letterbox a widescreen movie on 4x3 overall frame and I get a black border on a widescreen TV, I mean the 16x9 format letterboxes it for you.
TVperson1 3 years ago
I went to Temple University and graduated in 2007. Thanks for the comment!
BryanWay 2 years ago
Thanks for the info and the laugh
8serinaj 3 years ago
Finally, a video to sum up what I have only been reading. Still, I'm a little disappointed I never got to see a shot from Napoleon (1927). But this vid is great and I just wish a ton of more people could watch this. I've always preferred widescreen formats because I feel that people are more accustomed to moving their eyes left and right versus up and down. In any event, thanks for the vid. It's very informative and also pretty funny.
bolives 3 years ago
Well thank you for your intelligent and detailed comment! I did hunt around for a shot of Napoleon but I couldn't find anything that would do it justice at the time, so I skipped out on Ben Hur as well. It really does mean a lot to me that so many people have responded positively to this.
BryanWay 3 years ago
Thank you for a quick education!!!!
sontag71 3 years ago
This was the best explaining video what i've seen whatsoever. And you're absolutely right ! Keep the widescreen image widescreen! I'm sick of pan and shitting the images, just to fit for idiots TV....
ditarf85 3 years ago 2
Thank you! And let's not forget leaving fullscreen images fullscreen as well... show it the way it was intended!
BryanWay 3 years ago
Thanks for explaining! Very well done, now I understand a lot more! (also reminded me of some great movies!)
dianehubka 3 years ago