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Author Topic: Letterboxing scope trailers for flat John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-24-2001 08:49 AM                     I ran a flat film (Say It Isn't So) and there was a trailer attached for a scope film (Just Visiting). I noticed the trailer was letterboxed to fit (black borders at the top and bottom.) It looked much better than the "enlarge and fill" that they usually do. Is this new, or have I been asleep for a while? Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-24-2001 10:00 AM                    First time I saw this done was for trailers of the movie strange days. They have been doing this for a while now. Usually it is buena vista that does it but I have seen some fox an sony trailers done that way. Christos Mitsakis Expert Film Handler Posts: 242 From: Ag.Paraskevi, ATHENS, GREECE Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-24-2001 11:36 AM                     "Titanic" and "A Bugs Life" are the only letterbox flat trailers I remember passing through my hands. C. Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-24-2001 02:19 PM                        Off-topic rant: "Just Visiting" is a perfect example of why Americans shouldn't remake foreign films. Les Visiteurs was in limited circulation in the US in 1996; I liked it very much--it was very funny and very French. The trailers for this remake seem to make it out to be hideously bad and not funny at all. I have the trailer for the original around here and it is much more enticing. The sad thing is that the opening-weekend grosses of "Just Visiting" will likely exceed the combined French and American gross for "Les Visiteurs"... [end of rant...I feel better now] It's interesting that both the original and the remake were shot in scope. John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-24-2001 02:44 PM                     I just ran a sneak of "Just Visiting" and thought it wasn't too bad... but I do like Jean Reno, so without him it might have been real bad. I was talking to a friend once about the "The Vanishing." The American remake had just come out, and I was ranting on and on about how it was junk compared to the orginal 1988 French film. I said, "The director (of the American remake) did a bad job, and stole the same coffin shot!!" My friend told me the same director did both films. I said, "Oh, ... never mind....!" Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-24-2001 06:05 PM                     All of Buena Vista's trailers have been 'letterboxed' since around the last "Bug's Life" trailer. Since late '91 they have also always side-matted their scope trailers for flat movies, though by looking at some older ones it appears they use a wider aspect ratio now than they used to- the scope trailer for "Hand That Rocks the Cradle" is perfect 1.85, but their newer stuff goes out a bit wider with less black on the sides. I know that these have confused some people Mark Lucas Film Handler Posts: 44 From: CA, USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 03-26-2001 12:29 PM                     It's a little distracting IMHO. The wider the image, the bigger it should be. Not the other way around. Yeah, even for measly trailers.  |  IP: Logged Ky Boyd Hey I'm #23 Posts: 314 From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-26-2001 05:27 PM                       BV did letterboxed flat trailers for O Brother, Where Art Thou?  |  IP: Logged Jerry D. Cox Film Handler Posts: 35 From: Nashville, TN, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-27-2001 12:05 AM                     About the Letterboxing of Trailer's FOX did this back in 1955  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 07-07-2001 12:49 PM                     A few more to add to the list: Magnolia Pearl Harbor The Lord of the Rings  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 07-08-2001 08:39 AM                     Also Gone in 60 seconds and Oh Brother Where art thou trailers had top and bottom masking.  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-08-2001 03:20 PM                        Now there trying to control our minds through previews too! Letterboxing is evil! j/k  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 07-09-2001 02:45 PM                     quote: A few more to add to the list: "Star Wars ('97 re-issue) "The Empire Strikes Back ('97 re-issue) "Return Of The Jedi" ('97 re-issue) "The Phantom Menace" "Atlantis" "Bubble Boy"  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 07-09-2001 05:22 PM                     Osmosis Jones has a letterboxed trailer -- it's attached to Cats & Dogs so you'll get to see it whenever the fur flies <meow>  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-09-2001 05:31 PM                        I ran a letterboxed, flat trailer for 2010 in the year 1984 (if that makes sense)... but it didn't seem to be letterboxed to the full 2.35 aspect ratio. Still, it was wider than 1.85.  |  IP: Logged

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