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Widescreen Condensing?
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Posted By:
The Curator
in San Diego
Nov 16, 2004
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Late last year, someone sent me a link to a hilariious "new way to 'crop' widescreen films for television" instead of the usual pan&scan.
An example: "Gladiator"
On the extreme left is a close-up Russell Crowe.
On the extreme right is someone holding a torch.
Instead of p&sing, this "new way to 'crop'" simply cut out the middle, so the torch is right in Crowe's face.
They used examples from "Lord of the Rings" and other 2.35:1 epics, and condensed them into 1:33:1 aspect ratio.
I've checked Entertainment, and a few other Museum pages but I couldn't find it.
Is the site listed here? Or is anyone aware of it?
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The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | 05:23 PM
I think you're referring to the Digital Recomposition System for wide screen film to video transfer:
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/flikfx/default.htm
It was listed in my hoax website gallery:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxsites.html |
George H.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | 05:42 PM
Damn! You are FAST!
That's the one, Alex, Thank you VERY much.
I get your newsletter, and, in the past, I've always found what I was looking for; but, for some reason, I missed out this time.
Where should I have searched to find this listing?
Once again, Thank you!
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The Curator
in San Diego
Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | 05:47 PM
The google search box on the main page of my site is what I use when I need to find something on my site and I can't remember where it is. |
George H.
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | 07:32 PM
Thanks, Alex.
I use Earthlink and they also rely on google. Rather than use this or any other search engine, I immediately went to you instead. The site I was looking for is obviously in two Museum places, but where should I have searched to find it?
Also, I'm a judge at dvdverdict.com and I'm about to turn in a review for "The Three Faces of Eve." I remember reading that this "multiple personality" may have been a hoax.
I checked your 1950's "Decade," but maybe I missed again. If you have anything on this book or film, please let me know. I'd love to list your site as a reliable "Accomplice."
You can check me out here:
http://www.dvdverdict.com/dossiers/ghatch.php
George
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Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 | 10:51 PM
Anyone else old enough to remember those red,blue and green screens you could affix to a blacka nd white tv years back, that would reportedly give you a color pic? They never worked, anyway. More of a fraud, than hoax. God, I'm old. |
Charybdis
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 | 11:00 AM
The first TV I remember us having was B&W but had no color screens. I do think that I vaguely remember hearing about the color screens but that could just be my delusional symptoms acting up again. I guess I'm just not as old as you are. 😊
I do remember the cameras with the little bird inside that chiseled an image of the scene in stone. Then again, that could just be something I saw on Color Television |
George H.
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 | 04:02 PM
I'm 58 and I don't remember those color screens. My father used to repair TVs in his spare time, and I never heard about them.
I AM old enough to remember "Winky Dink," a kid's show. You placed a light blue piece of plastic over the TV screen so you could draw on it an "help" Winky get out of trouble. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 | 10:56 PM
Yes, George- The magic screen thingy was similar to the Winky Dink set-up, in that you had to order them through the mail. The color screen had slight refractive qualities, that gave a suggestion of color to things, but not much. It was pretty much regarded as a rip-off, even then. Remember, though: the Magic Color Screen was $3.95 post-paid, and a color TV was $700 back then, when the minimum wage was $1.60 an hour. You do the math, I'm too old. The Winky Dink screen was clear plastic if I remember, and the idea was to use the included wax crayons (wipeable) to color in a rocket-ship or whatever to assist Winky, a retro Jimmy Neutron, as it were. The Winky Screen actually worked, provided you drew in what was asked. I must confess a preference for substituting the recommened assistive article with one of my own design, usually of a phallic nature. Hey, I was six. Sue me. |
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