Sunday, 27 January 2013

Aspect Ratio

This weekend I did a bit of filming and stumbled across the problem of aspect ratio. My camera shoots in 4:3 by default as well as 16:9 so I was unsure which to use. I looked back at the brief and it says the piece will be for a BBC advert, and after some research I discovered that since the switchover the BBC have been broadcasting exclusively in 16:9, pillarboxing any 4:3 programmes such as Family Guy. With this in mind, everything I do from now on will be done in the 16:9 aspect ratio.