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Author Topic: Off aspect ratio DCPs Eugene Lehnert Film Handler Posts: 11 From: New York, NY Registered: Jul 2012 posted 03-27-2014 09:21 AM                        How do you prefer a DCP with an aspect ratio of 1.33, 1.66 or 1.78? Is it best to put an aspect ratio other than a 1.85 or 2.39 into a 2048x1080 DCP?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2014 09:28 AM                        Narrower aspect ratios are pillarboxed within a flat 1998x1080 DCP. Pixel dimensions should be as follows: 1.33 - 1440x1080 1.37 - 1480x1080 1.66 - 1792x1080 1.70 - 1920x1080 I have never seen a scope DCP that was narrower than 858x2048 (2.39), but I suppose that a 2.35 or 2.21 image would be pillarboxed within a scope DCP. There is an optional entry in the DCP naming convention for narrower aspect ratios: a flat "F" DCP would be "F-133" or "F-166" (etc.) for nonstandard flat formats. This seems like a useful attribute and probably one to include in the DCP name.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-27-2014 01:34 PM                     I've gotten a few features and trailers that were 2.39 inside 16x9. As for 70mm titles, I wish they would make them so that they used the full width of the container, instead of pillarboxing them in 2.39, or letterboxing them inside 1.85. I don't like referring to 1.33, 1.37, etc as "non-standard" -- they may be uncommon (for some of you) but they do indeed adhere to a standard.  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 03-27-2014 08:19 PM                     I believe Escape From Planet Earth was 2.39 inside of 16x9 to allow for certain effects to fly out into the letterbox bars.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-28-2014 02:45 PM                     If there's actual picture content in the black bars, I'd be inclined to regard that as 16x9. BTW does anyone else hate it when subtitles are in the black bars?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-01-2014 06:29 AM                        quote: Manny Knowles I don't like referring to 1.33, 1.37, etc as "non-standard" -- they may be uncommon (for some of you) but they do indeed adhere to a standard. Agreed. I was thinking of those formats in the context of the DCI standard, which only specifies 1.85 and 2.39. But, yes, they are standard, of course. Has anyone seen full-container DCPs used for anything other than test material?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-02-2014 11:09 AM                     I won't swear to this, but I think CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS used the full container -- but that wasn't the intended aspect ratio for presentation. (IIRC it was 2.39).  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-11-2014 06:45 AM                     We had an Aussie movie that was full container...'The Goddess'. It was meant for 2.39 also.  |  IP: Logged

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