Sentences with phrase «on widescreen formats»
Their emphasis on widescreen formats in the 1950s undoubtedly contributed to a renaissance of the Western genre.
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All tech and design aspects here are first - rate, notably Patrick Taylor and Kevin Hilliard's ominous score (despite an occasional excess of percussive bombast), and cinematography by Alex Disenhof («The We and I») that makes excellent use of the widescreen format, both on land (the pic was shot in Kenya) and at sea.
Tarantino, who began the film in black and white before switching to color, plays with formats here, too; to suggest the claustrophobia of being buried, he shows The Bride inside her wooden casket, and as clods of earth rain down on the lid, he switches from widescreen to the classic 4x3 screen ratio.
Pollack talks about why he used fullscreen format on many of his past films, why widescreen is better, etc..
THE DVD One of six films that won the second round of Amazon's DVD Decision 2006, Looker debuts on the format in a handsome 2.37:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer that occasionally succumbs to pinholes and a high density of grain.
The film is presented on standard definition DVD with a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio and a 2.0 lossy Dolby Digital Stereo track, both of which are up to standards with expectations of the format.
THE DVDs Released on DVD a few years back by DreamWorks in an «Awards Edition» now bundled as part of Paramount's «Best Picture: Academy Award Winners Collection,» American Beauty is crying out for a fresh run through the telecine (there's a hair in a couple of frames), its 2.37:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer conspicuously struck back in the nascence of the format.
There are no bonus features on the unrated widescreen release, available in both Blu - ray and DVD formats.
Authored in BD - J with AVEC (MPEG 4) compression on two dual - layer 50 GB discs, the movie is presented in widescreen format with audio tracks recorded in 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (English), 4.0 Dolby Surround (English), Stereo (English), and 5.1 Dolby Digital (French and Spanish).
Two Family House docks on the format in crystal - clear 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Panic 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen.
The film over which this is heard is exhibited in both 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen transfers on opposite sides of the platter; although the picture was shot in Super35 (as opposed to «scope), there is more horizontal information restored and less vertical information cropped than usual for the format, making the decision to stick with letterbox a definite no - brainer.
THE DVD Paramount releases D.A.R.Y.L. on DVD to unsuspecting nostalgia collectors in a clean 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer that nevertheless demonstrates director Simon Wincer's gift for squandering the widescreen format.
The 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is velvety smooth and three - dimensional, the best a Mann film has yet looked on the format and in the top - tier of Columbia TriStar's efforts — it's that good.
As a 1954 movie, On the Waterfront was made right when the industry was transitioning from the long - standard Academy Ratio to widescreen formats, devised and touted in response to television's widespread popularity.
And sate it does, at least from a technical standpoint: The 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer * is the finest for one of the film's theatrical cuts — a remarkable feat considering it's the longest instalment of the trilogy (and thus harder to squeeze onto a single - sided, dual - layered platter), though perhaps not so astonishing in light of two years having passed since The Fellowship of the Ring debuted on the format.
THE DVD On its tenth birthday, Ed Wood gets treated to a Special Edition from Touchstone, appearing on the DVD format following multiple unexplained delays in a 1.81:1 anamorphic widescreen transfeOn its tenth birthday, Ed Wood gets treated to a Special Edition from Touchstone, appearing on the DVD format following multiple unexplained delays in a 1.81:1 anamorphic widescreen transfeon the DVD format following multiple unexplained delays in a 1.81:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer.
12/7/02 Update: The Region 2 European DVD release of The Rescuers (1977) is in the widescreen format, and readers» comparisons have noted that the DVD actually presents more of the animated frame on the sides, indicating that the Fullscreen VHS release was actually Pan & Scan for The Rescuers.
The film is being released on DVD in two separate formats — full - frame and widescreen.
Director Carpenter and Cinematographer Cundey maintained an exceptional professional relationship, based to some degree on a mutual respect for composing high - quality images in the natural scope that widescreen formats embrace; perhaps more so than in «Halloween» does Carpenter's visual acumen blossom in capturing the beauty of a remote coastal town, and the constant sense of isolation via extraordinary landscapes, vistas, and shimmering ocean shots.
The unrated director's cut of 99 Women debuts on the format in a simply beautiful 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer.
John Gibbs and Douglas Pye's chapter is also interested in widescreen stylistics as they examine the contrasting styles of Otto Preminger's CinemaScope film River of No Return (1954) and Sam Peckinpah's Junior Bonner (1972), shot in Todd - AO 35 (a Panavision - like format based on Japanese anamorphic lenses).
20th Century Fox plans to release it in all widescreen formats and Imax but also in select 70 mm film prints when it opens on Friday.
Also presented in standard definition with an anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix on the disc as well, the Shadowman presentation is up to par with the format.
Presented in standard definition with an anamorphically enhanced widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the show looks and sounds fine on the aging format but could have been stronger on HD.
On the second disc is a 3D version of the concert, in both widescreen and standard formats.
Initially released on a dual - format disc with both letterboxed widescreen and fullscreen, Big Red, like many Anchor Bay titles, was reissued merely as a Fullscreen - only disc.
The Unrated version will be available on widescreen only and the theatrical version will be available on both widescreen and full frame formats.
This edition is authored in BD - J with AVEC (MPEG 4) compression on a dual - layer 50 GB disc, and presented in the Fox CinemaScope widescreen format.
The Oscar - winning cinematography looks outstanding in the DVD's 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, leaving just about no room for improvement on this format.
O'Haver also makes good use of the space in the widescreen format; one of his most inventive flourishes is the placement of still - life Polaroids on the side to depict flashbacks.
While the 4:3 ratio can be good for apps, it's not great for consuming media on and a lot of Android apps are coded to use a widescreen format.
16:10, which is the format the Tab S and 99 % of Android tablets use, is somewhat better but still awkward for portrait use on large tablets and suitable only for widescreen video, really.
Still, seeing a Super Mario game in 16 x 9 format on a widescreen display is beautiful and loads of fun.
Rock Boshers DX is a 2D pixel drawn arcade action game, created as if made on an 8bit hardware (either NES or ZX Spectrum visuals), but modernised with widescreen formatting, HD rendering and of course — no colour clash.
It's also worth noting that the game is presented in 4:3 format and doesn't support widescreen, so if you have a widescreen TV, expect blue bars on either side of the screen.
Featuring detailed hand - drawn graphics in widescreen format, Brighton - based publisher Lace Mamba Global released the retail version of Deponia in the UK on the 29th June 2012.
The three large - scale collages (134 x 222 cm) borrow their format from the aspect ratio of widescreen cinema, as well as repeatedly riffing on the motif of curtains that alternately conceal and reveal.
Even in the new widescreen format, messages are shown on the right.