hey, im new to the business of filmmaking, very new actually, what do all the screen ratios mean like 4:3 , 2:35:1 actually mean. And also on a cam whats mini dv and HI-8 mean...?
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The easiest way to explain aspect ratio is to say that it means the ratio between the width of the picture and the height of the picture. Normal TV's aspect ratio is 4:3 (1.33:1), HDTV's aspect ratio is 16:9 (1.85:1) and CinemaScope movies' aspect ratio is 2.35:1.
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Mini DV and Hi-8 are both recording formats. It refers to the type of tape the camera uses. Hi8 was created by Sony in the 1980?s and is an analogue (non digital) format like cassettes, VHS, and Beta.
Mini DV is a digital format of tape.
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Screen ratio is the ratio of width to height of the image. What ratio you use when making a film is affected by your choice of shooting format (16mm, 35mm, video etc), camera and lens, and by the medium in which the finished film will be shown. For more information on the different aspect ratios in use, check out the FAQ (Cinematography section).
On your other question, MiniDV and Hi8 are two different types of video recording formats. Hi8 is Sony's old prosumer video format (largely redundant today). MiniDV is the most common DV (digital video) format.
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I put up a ratio storyboarding template you can download. It has the most popular screen ratios.
You can grab it here:
http://www.cvisual.com/film-techniques/film-frame-ratio-template.asp
It's there in both GIF & PDF format. You can see how the various ratios look side-by-side. Hope that helps.
Dan Rahmel
Author: "Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking"
http://www.cvisual.com
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Hi8 was created by Sony in the 1980?s and is an analogue (non digital) format like cassettes, VHS, and Beta.
Pedantically speaking, Hi8 is a hybrid: it always records analog video, but can record digital sound if you have the right camera. Of course so few cameras and decks supported digital sound on Hi8 that people who have old tapes with digital sound seem to be finding them hard to play!
Either way, I've been editing old Hi8 footage recently and while it was good for its time it's a big step behind DV. OTOH the 'Blair Witch' people made $200,000,000 with a Hi8 camera, so good marketing can make up for it :).
