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The Dark Knight Blu-ray to Feature IMAX Shifted Aspect Ratio
This article is a bit old, it was released about a week before The Dark Knight hit theatres.
Christopher Nolan stated the following in this news article:
While speaking with iF Magazine, 'The Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan mentioned that the inevitable Blu-ray will feature the IMAX shifted aspect ratio. He commented, "The Blu-ray, in particular, will be able to actually use the shifted aspect ratios as it appears on the IMAX screen because the 16:9 aspect ratio is sufficiently different from the 2:4 that you'll actually see a shift on the Blu-ray."
He continued, "The resolution on the Blu-ray is clear enough that you can actually see difference in grain structure and sharpness. So I think it will be quite spectacular."
The film has still not hit theaters, so the Blu-ray is far off, but its interesting to learn that the high definition format is exciting directors.
Obviously this would be a big step forward for Blu-Ray and just home entertainment in general. But I am having trouble understanding how this could work. Isn't IMAX taller than it is wide. The IMAX aspect ratio is 1.34:1. Would it just switch from 16:9 to 1.34:1? I'm really confused about this. I don't think it would make much a difference though if you think about it, but I'm not sure.
Can someone explain this to me? Also, are you excited about this if it is added? I'm definiteley getting this on Blu Ray either way, it should look amazing. Christopher Nolan has said in many interviews he's excited about the format.
Christopher Nolan stated the following in this news article:
While speaking with iF Magazine, 'The Dark Knight' director Christopher Nolan mentioned that the inevitable Blu-ray will feature the IMAX shifted aspect ratio. He commented, "The Blu-ray, in particular, will be able to actually use the shifted aspect ratios as it appears on the IMAX screen because the 16:9 aspect ratio is sufficiently different from the 2:4 that you'll actually see a shift on the Blu-ray."
He continued, "The resolution on the Blu-ray is clear enough that you can actually see difference in grain structure and sharpness. So I think it will be quite spectacular."
The film has still not hit theaters, so the Blu-ray is far off, but its interesting to learn that the high definition format is exciting directors.
Obviously this would be a big step forward for Blu-Ray and just home entertainment in general. But I am having trouble understanding how this could work. Isn't IMAX taller than it is wide. The IMAX aspect ratio is 1.34:1. Would it just switch from 16:9 to 1.34:1? I'm really confused about this. I don't think it would make much a difference though if you think about it, but I'm not sure.
Can someone explain this to me? Also, are you excited about this if it is added? I'm definiteley getting this on Blu Ray either way, it should look amazing. Christopher Nolan has said in many interviews he's excited about the format.
Tags: blu, dark, dvd, features, hd, heath, imax, joker, knight, ledger
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Permalink Reply by Madness Mark on -
That's hard to say. The IMAX aspect ratio of 1:34:1 is pretty much the same ratio as a fullscreen movie (though I've heard that IMAX is 1:44:1, but it's close enough). So what we might end up with is a stretched version of the IMAX footage if you're using an HDMI cable.
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel on -
So would it take up the whole screen on a widescreen TV, or would it just have the black bars on the side. Because if it's just he black bars on the sides (not top and bottom but the sides since it's taller than wide), I'm not going to be in it. I'd rather keep it all Widescreen, unless the IMAX aspect ratio of the film fills up my whole Widescreen TV without cutting any of the picture, now that would be something special.
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Permalink Reply by Madness Mark on
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From what I've seen, my Blu-Ray player does stretch 4:3 presentations to fill the whole screen. So as long as the dimensions aren't tacked onto a 16:9 aspect ratio (in other words 4:3 footage appearing on a 16:9 presentation), it should fill the screen, though you will notice when it switches since The Dark Knight's 2:35:1 aspect ratio won't entirely fill the screen.
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Permalink Reply by bijan_warmachine on -
actually IMAX ratio 1:66:1. So its also close to 16:9. But that was a long time ago C. NOLAN said that.
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Permalink Reply by Jaguar on -
there seems to be a lot of confusion about the aspect rations on movies.
the aspect of a film is not the size of the film, but the ability of the LENS to capture a wider image.
for those who have a wide screen tv, you have a 16:9, which means 16/9 =1.77
ROBOCOP was shot using a 35mm film with a 1.85 aspect ratio lens, so this means you dont have black bars on your widescreen tv.
IRON MAN was shot on a 35mm film using a 2.35 aspect ratio lens, you you have black bars on you wide screen tv.
any angle over 1.85 is wider than any production HDTV so you need black bars to fit the image properly.
on the Dark Knight, the IMAX scenes were shot using a 1.66 aspect ratio lens, and the non-imax (panavision) were shot with a 2.40 aspect.
in other words the bluray version, will probably fill the screen when the IMAX kicks in, and then add the bars when the 2.40 kicks in.
clear enough?
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