tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post575005626550983200..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: The X-Files #122: Redux IISiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-42759948000110219512015-07-28T06:44:31.532-03:002015-07-28T06:44:31.532-03:00Thanks for the TV history lesson, Liam!
Whatever ...Thanks for the TV history lesson, Liam!<br /><br />Whatever the impetus, as you can see from the few screenshots I've used for Season 5, the frames are usually pretty full and well composed, taking the sides into account.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-53772328045298462172015-07-28T06:17:07.388-03:002015-07-28T06:17:07.388-03:00All TV on film was capable of being converted to w...All TV on film was capable of being converted to widescreen. The difference was whether they planned for it in advance. Shows like Friends, ER, Babylon 5 and Buffy did (with caveats for the last two). Others, like TNG, didn't. There is extra information to the left and right of the screen for TNG, but there are props, bags and other stuff left there, as they never considered it would get used. At some point in the 90s it seems like directors realised that widescreen was coming, and so started to make sure that there was nothing visible to the left and right of the screen, so that they COULD get a widescreen image without having to zoom in and crop the top and bottom.<br /><br />The UK started to request widescreen versions of US shows during the mid to late-90s. Things like Angel were always in widescreen over here, and Buffy started being widescreen by season 4 (although Joss Whedon doesn't like it for Buffy). I'm guessing that starting with this season, the X-Files did the "film in widescreen but don't put anything important at the sides and then we can just cut them off when we send them to the stations that still want a 4:3 image" thing. I often find it slightly distracting. People bunch around in the middle of the frame leaving the sides empty.LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-69326772508223006462015-07-21T00:22:05.744-03:002015-07-21T00:22:05.744-03:00It's the DVDs. They seem to have at least FILM...It's the DVDs. They seem to have at least FILMED in widescreen.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75561588451161650412015-07-20T21:39:27.608-03:002015-07-20T21:39:27.608-03:00I'm not sure if it's the DVDs you're w...I'm not sure if it's the DVDs you're watching, but the X-Files wasn't being broadcast in widescreen yet (if ever) - Season 6's "Triangle" was notable for being broadcast as widescreen.Snoreply@blogger.com