EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Aspect Ratios

You know those black bars you see on movie screens? Take this 11 minute journey and you'll find out waaaaay more than you ever thought you would know about such a technical detail.

Movies were born in 1.33 : 1. Abel Gance tried to enlarge it to 4.00 : 1, but the fashion wasn't launched. Sound films changed things to 1.19/1.20 and, mostly, Academy Ratio (1.37 : 1). Proto 70mm films at 2.10 didn't leave a mark.

In 1953, Widescreen came back with a vengeance at 1.66, 1.75, 1.85, 2.00, 2.20, 2.35, 2.55, 2.59, 2.76 and 2.89 (once), though only 2.35 (soon turned into 2.39), 1.85 and European-looking 1.66 became largely popular.

Nowadays you will find screen-fillling 1.78, IMAX-theater-slave 1.43, 1.90, whatever Michael Bay comes up with and suddenly ubiquitous 2.00 : 1.

Vittorio Storaro did what he could to make 2.00 (Univisium) happen, but it simply would NOT happen. Then David Fincher used it ONCE and boy oh boy did 2.00 : 1 happen!

Does it all sound too algebraic, mixing up letters and numbers? As much as I admire your literary attention to YouTube description texts, I advise you to watch the video, my wonderful friend!

0:00 What is Aspect Ratio
0:30 1.33
0:40 4.00
01:25 1.37
01:43 1.19 / 1.20
02:04 2.10
02:22 The Rise of Widescreen
04:23 2.35 / 2.39
05:26 1.85
06:09 1.66
06:41 2.20
07:01 2.76
07:29 2.59
07:40 2.89
07:54 2.55
08:11 1.78
08:30 1.75
08:42 Nowadays
08:55 1.43
09:12 1.90
09:21 2.00
10:25 Lightning Recap!


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