Blade Runner 2049 Open Matte

so whats the better version, the original or the open matte version?
here's a comparison video:
youtu.be/sP8o2YpJHNM

I can see they both have pros and cons, which do you prefer Yea Forums?

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so nobody seen the open matte version? its better if you dont have an ultrawide TV.

can someone eli5 open matte to me?
Why do frames exist that are larger than the film's actual aspect ratio, and why is it normally not the whole film (the LOTR open matte copy I've seen switches between them like a Nolan movie does with IMAX)?

>eli5
There's probably a facebook group for that.

the aspect ratio is cut to fit the theater screens, its actually filmed in something similar to 4:3

Ohh is that why i see on the camera screen displays they stick like a stencil with theater framing over it, when they actually make the movie? So they film a lot of footage they don't use but frame it pretending it's cropped to the aspect ratio they will actually use?

yes but for IMAX shot films, their cameras capture a larger vertical frame

Why aren't open matte versions released more often then? I'm gonna assume it's because the filmmakers intended the framed aspect ratio edition as the 'actual movie' and so they dont like the idea of a release having all that extra visual info they werent paying attention to when they made the movie?

looks better in the theatrical aspect ratio

There are certain shots where the focus should take up the entire screen and in open matter there is just fucking empty space at random

This. Only brainlet would delibirately want to watch film in different aspect ratio than what director intended. It fucks up the composition. I really though that idiots whi cry about "black bars" weren't thing anymore but I guess not.

Just because it was originally in frame doesn't mean it was meant to be seen

So what's the point of open matte versions at all then? Why does anybody want them? Just a slightly different way to rewatch a movie you might've already seen a bunch?

Lazy filmmakers. You have margin of error for misframed shots, fixing in post instead of reshooting the whole scene.

It’s just for completists, really. If you’re closely studying framing it can be interesting too but how many people do that?

Is it possible to shoot a film in the intended aspect ratio originally, or is that not how film reels work?

> an actual Yea Forums-related thread
You better watch your mouth

>So what's the point of open matte versions at all then?

It gives filmmakers more wiggle room in post-production to manipulate the frame. It's not generally not meant for audiences. There are howerer some special cases like for example Cameron wanted Titanic 3D version released in 1.78:1 even though original 2D version has always been 2.39:1

>Why does anybody want them?

These days only ignorant peoole who don't understand aspect ration want them so there is no good reason for it. Back in the days with small 4:3 televisions it was lore justifiable but now it's just stupid.

I've heard that with shooting on 4K that something filmmakers really like is they can "zoom in" on shots to reframe them, and it's okay since the resolution is high enough it won't look that shit if a shot has been zoomed in on post? It sounds like open matte is kind of the film equivalent of that, except instead of zooming in it's just moving around the "rectangle"/aspect ratio that the shot will actually display in?

this thread is very interesting, im learning a lot

A friend of mine worked as a cameraman and said they would shoot movies even in 6 or 8K and then downscale it to 1080p, because it looks better and helps the effects blend in.

interesting. jesus that must take up a fuck tonne of hard drive space.

Certainly, and powerful hardware in general. The last I saw my friend, he was post-processing a 15-minute clip, which took like 16 hours to convert. And you can't exactly just leave it running and go home, as something might go wrong and require starting over. So a lot of tedious sitting and waiting goes into editing.

I'm guessing they're not paid well for those waiting hours

Yeah, well, they get paid next to nothing in general. Making movies is really profitable only for the super stars, producers, share holders and such like.