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Widescreen crop vs. full screen

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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
What do you guys like more?(regarding skiing mainly) Personally if I think it is filmed right the widescreen crop can make an edit look amazing, especially with movies where you're watching it on a TV, what do you guys think?

for example imo this was a terrible edit to have the widescreen crop for

this one is great with the crop,
Feb 13 2013 1:00AM
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bakedpow
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i always film with cinescope cropmarks.
Feb 13 2013 1:54AM
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eheath
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Honestly it really depends on the edit and the vibe. When you shoot for the crop it makes a huge different but tossing followcams into a crop is tricky because 99% of the time you're not watching your framing while following you're just guessing/trying to just get the shot. It can work if you shoot well but honestly ive seen a bunch of random dudes make 2.35 crop edits earlier this year and they call cut off heads/feet and overall misused the crop.

I really liked using a crop for my action reel and for my pc morning edit but otherwise ive been pretty content with 16:9
Feb 13 2013 2:28AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
yeah I always do it too, its nice having that feature with ML on the T2i, I pretty much always plan to use the widescreen crop but if I fuck up my framing or the shots are shaky or whatever I wont use the crop, or i wont use the shot.
Feb 13 2013 2:51AM
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TijmenDal
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If you're going to crop, you need to frame/compose that way. You can't just film in 4:3 and then decide to crop it to 2.35:1, that's going to look ridiculous.
Feb 13 2013 5:55AM
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NickVentura
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You can either use ML or tape the LCD so you can frame according to the crop
Feb 13 2013 9:37AM
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Brentizzle
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lol does anybody even film in 4:3 anymore? sure as hell hope not.
Feb 13 2013 11:09AM
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CrotchKiller
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Kalum Ko's new urban edit has probably one of the best uses of a crop I have seen. Can't embed because it's private.
Feb 13 2013 12:28PM
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RawrRawrRob
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what heath said for me
Feb 13 2013 1:43PM
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juicedrummer11
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depends on the style of the piece but i am a fan of both if the composition is done right for the frame style
Feb 14 2013 2:27AM
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Merrill
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I have been playing around with them a bit and I always like them at first but then I always decide that they make it look like I'm trying to make the edit something it's not
Feb 14 2013 9:25AM
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