Some people here seem to be fans of letter boxing, saying it produces a certain 'feel'
Has a television show ever been produced with letter boxing for this reason?
Certainly the walking dead doesn't have black bars because it 'feels more cinematic' and I believe the only reason that movies have those is because they were designed to be seen on the big screen theatre.
It seems to me if you're designing something for television, you would try to take up the full television screen real estate.
If you're designing something to be viewed on youtube, you should do the same. Intentionally giving up screen real estate to try to seem more like something that was designed for a different medium strikes me as misguided.
Your thoughts?
Has a television show ever been produced with letter boxing for this reason?
Certainly the walking dead doesn't have black bars because it 'feels more cinematic' and I believe the only reason that movies have those is because they were designed to be seen on the big screen theatre.
It seems to me if you're designing something for television, you would try to take up the full television screen real estate.
If you're designing something to be viewed on youtube, you should do the same. Intentionally giving up screen real estate to try to seem more like something that was designed for a different medium strikes me as misguided.
Your thoughts?