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Author Topic: Finding Nemo - Image issue and sound consideration Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-08-2003 08:30 AM                        Hi everyone! In Italy we are now showing "Finding Nemo" from Disney. I found that the frame is veeeery precise, in my "perfects" screen (where 1.85 is saw just for half when RP40 is projected!) the frame fits exactly the screen, I can see black bands if I go slighty out of frame. No problems, since none of my screen project more than 1.85. But I also noted that the same thiny bands can be seen at the side of the screen, like the aperture plate is too large (or the lens is not correct). I checked with RP40 and I noted that the black band is INSIDE the RP40 specifications. Is the same there in US? A consideration on Sound Mix (and I didn't had time to see the movie at the moment - someone else screened it for me!): Nemo is supposed to be a movie for child. Why has it a sound mix like "Star Wars"??? Beautiful, but it seems a bit inappropriate for me... What do you think? Bye Antonio  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2003 09:15 AM                        I thought that Nemo was one of the best-sounding mixes that I've heard in a long time. It sounded great, as far as I was concerned.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-08-2003 09:42 AM                     "Finding Nemo" was one of the few movies that could play at "7" without scaring the horses. The kids here loved that movie. Come to think of it, so did the adults!  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-08-2003 09:46 AM                    I remember Finding Nemo being a very aggressive, but great mix. I played it in DTS, and I remember dialog moving across the front channels to follow the "actors."  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-08-2003 09:55 AM                     Disney animations are generally at 1.75:1, a curious halflife between 1.66:1 and 1.85:1. I don't know if they are supposed to be less than .825" wide, though. Does anyone know what the spec is for that and where it originated (or who to ask?). --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-08-2003 10:13 AM                        1.75:1 was an established aspect ratio recognized by ANSI PH22.195-1984 and ISO 2907. It also is listed in a 1955 publication by the Motion Picture Research Council. Projectable image area is 0.825 x 0.471 inches (20.96 x 11.96mm). The current SMPTE 195 does not specifically list 1.75:1.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 12-08-2003 10:21 AM                     16:9 video format is 1.78..........  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-08-2003 10:53 AM                        Now that a significant portion of a production's market is VIDEO release, composition for the 16:9 (1.78:1) aspect ratio is a high priority consideration.  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 12-08-2003 03:47 PM                     Antonio, are you running a dubbed version or the english language OV ? I have noticed that many films dubbed to foreign languages sound more aggressive because the dialogue is mixed louder in respect to the rest of the soundtrack.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-08-2003 05:59 PM                     My flat screen is 1.77. We had a very small black strip on each side. We play analog sound, the mix was very good.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-08-2003 06:24 PM                     The Pacific Valley Plaza 16 in Bakersfield seems to use 1.78 (or somewhere around that) as well for flat. 1.85 movies with hard-matted fx shots, as well as hard-matted previews, show with black bands on both top and bottom of the image. (They once listed screen dimensions on their film schedule. I was able to calculate that ratio with the given height/width info).  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-08-2003 07:23 PM                        I'm running dubbed version but, usually, the problem is the contrary, too soft dialogues!! However, nothing to say to the mix, great (with the voices following the actors in Italy too!!) but just too aggressive for the target, IMHO! Bye A  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 12-09-2003 07:01 PM                     Antonio: You must have read my review of Finding Nemo! Looks like your ears got a workout.  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-10-2003 09:57 AM                        Charles, I'm sorry but I'm unable to understand exactly what do you mean... (Just a matter of english and not of contents!) Can you write it again with other words? Bye A  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 12-11-2003 04:58 PM                     From my review of Finding Nemo: quote: Sound was SDDS -- with this mix plus the new AMC "Silence is Golden" snipe your ears will get a good workout. In plain English, the sound will swim like fish in the sea.  |  IP: Logged

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