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ASPECT RATIO : VISUAL LITERACY & TECHNOLOGY

Updated: Jan 21, 2019


THE SHAPE OF VISUAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY



PINK FLOYD CONCERT SCREEN






ASPECT RATIO




16:9 ratio becomes the industry standard for screens on devices

for visual reproduction of a video imagery.



It was a compromise between 4:3 ratio that Thomas Edison had used in 1892 for sprocket perforation of film stock, and the Hollywood preference for 2.39 :1 ratio for epic landscape images.






Early TV's used a 4:3 or 1.33 : 1 screen geometry

The human eye most scanned field of vision is approximately the same ratio



CINEMA


2.2O:1


THE NEW HD DEVICE STANDARD IS 16:9 ASPECT RATIO


SOME PHONES HAVE 18:9 AS A FULL SCREEN VIEWING


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THE AESTHETICS OF VISUAL LANGUAGE


COMPOSITION WITHIN THE FRAME

RULE OF THIRDS IN PAINTING - PHOTOGRAPHY & CINEMATOGRAPHY










POV IS DEPENDENT ON WHERE THE CAMERA IS PLACED

and restricted to

FRAME GEOMETRY





EXCEPT IN 36O VIDEO

POV IS EXPANDED TO 36O DEGREES OF VIEWING

BUT WE ARE STILL WITHIN A FRAME OF VIEWING


NOW THAT THE VIEWER HAS CONTROL WITH 36O

WHAT HAPPENS TO IMAGE COMPOSITION ?




THE CHANGING ASPECT RATIO IN CINEMA



PREVIOUS NOTES:

https://agentmediafiles.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/week-3-the-digital-information-technology-interface-the-screen/




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