Which Aspect Ratio is Most Cinematic?

*There are consistent inaccuracies in some of the crops for the taller formats by about 200pixels due to the strange 16:10 resolution, they are proportionally correct relative to each other but the precise aspect ratio should be slightly wider: https://vimeo.com/956567722?share=copy

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   • Clever Ghost Music: Castle in the Clouds  
   • Clever Ghost Music: Carry Me Away  
   • Clever Ghost Music: Imminent Approach  

0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Displays
2:00 - Negative Space
4:43 - The Final Frame
7:45 - Credits/technical info

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So a few directorial notes for this project, although I emphasize 2.39, I also really like 4:3 and 1.43:1 - basically the formats that crop in and focus the attention more. I would like to add that I think that letterboxing still looks the most cinematic, but taller formats also look good in a different way. I personally think it suits more vloggy type content. Each scene is more like a photo, i hope i can resist the allure of 2.39 and try more of these formats for full length projects in the future. Some of the scenes may look a little cramped in 2.39 because I didn't film in open gate, I filmed 16:9 and cropped the sides to fit 16:10 so the framing might feel slightly off. Why 16:10 and not 16:9? I deliberated this quite seriously since 16:9 is the more popular monitor resolution. Since I as well as many Macbook users have 16:10 resolutions, I experimented with a base 16:9 resolution and the cropped height really couldn't demonstrate the strengths of taller resolutions on taller displays. But i think 2.39 for 16:10 with cropped sides was the lesser evil for 16:9 displays. I hope I was able to effectively demonstrate the differences despite whichever monitor you are using. This will surely look poor on mobile, but that is ultimately unavoidable, I may upload another 2.39 or 4:3 version if you ghosts request it. So which aspect ratio do you prefer?

Love,
CleverG

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