1.90:1 is just as exclusive to IMAX as 1.43:1, and its introduction was necessary to ensure IMAX has any kind of future. 1.43 requires bespoke GT auditoriums that are few and far between and expensive to build, so brining IMAX to more venues required an aspect ratio that could be accommodated by more venues.
I can assure you that directors like Nolan and Villenueve frame their picture for all ratios so you’re not getting some ‘cropped’ botched job when you watch a film in IMAX 1.90, and as long as the 1.90 screen is huge (and not a ~15 meter ‘Liemax’ variety) you’ll get a great IMAX experience.
1.90:1 is not exclusive to IMAX. It is simply projecting 1.85:1 without the matte. IMAX releases many 1.90:1 films, but it is not exclusive to their format. It is also not visually distinct from any Generic PLF, which is my main argument. "The IMAX Experience" is a branding term, it is not some secret sauce.
That’s not true. 1.90:1 isn’t merely 1.85:1 without the matte. Open matte is just showing the picture without the original or intended framing/composition, which would have been for a different ratio. Films shot in 1.90:1 are specifically framed for that ratio, with consideration for the additional headroom that IMAX provides.
What cinemas can project 1.90:1 other than IMAX cinemas? And what films have been made in 1.90:1 that aren’t IMAX?
There’s a reason you don’t see non-IMAX films released in 1.90:1.
1.90:1 is the Full format in the Digital Cinema Package container. 1.85:1 is Flat, 2.39:1 is Scope, and 1.90:1 is Full. It's part of the DCP spec. Any compliant DCP cinema can project in that format. Most films would rather come out in 1.85:1 for obvious reasons of extra height that IMAX themselves uses to sell 1.43:1, but 1.90:1 is very much a normal part of the DCP standard.
Standard cinemas can only select flat or scope when setting up a DCP and they won’t even have a screen with 1.90 aspect ratio, unless of course it’s an IMAX cinema that specifically designed for projecting that ratio. Thats my point. It doesn’t matter if theoretically the DCP full container is 1.90 if in practice standard cinemas cannot use that ratio.
1.90:1 is just as exclusive to IMAX as 1.43:1, and its introduction was necessary to ensure IMAX has any kind of future. 1.43 requires bespoke GT auditoriums that are few and far between and expensive to build, so brining IMAX to more venues required an aspect ratio that could be accommodated by more venues.
I can assure you that directors like Nolan and Villenueve frame their picture for all ratios so you’re not getting some ‘cropped’ botched job when you watch a film in IMAX 1.90, and as long as the 1.90 screen is huge (and not a ~15 meter ‘Liemax’ variety) you’ll get a great IMAX experience.
1.90:1 is not exclusive to IMAX. It is simply projecting 1.85:1 without the matte. IMAX releases many 1.90:1 films, but it is not exclusive to their format. It is also not visually distinct from any Generic PLF, which is my main argument. "The IMAX Experience" is a branding term, it is not some secret sauce.
That’s not true. 1.90:1 isn’t merely 1.85:1 without the matte. Open matte is just showing the picture without the original or intended framing/composition, which would have been for a different ratio. Films shot in 1.90:1 are specifically framed for that ratio, with consideration for the additional headroom that IMAX provides.
What cinemas can project 1.90:1 other than IMAX cinemas? And what films have been made in 1.90:1 that aren’t IMAX?
There’s a reason you don’t see non-IMAX films released in 1.90:1.
1.90:1 is the Full format in the Digital Cinema Package container. 1.85:1 is Flat, 2.39:1 is Scope, and 1.90:1 is Full. It's part of the DCP spec. Any compliant DCP cinema can project in that format. Most films would rather come out in 1.85:1 for obvious reasons of extra height that IMAX themselves uses to sell 1.43:1, but 1.90:1 is very much a normal part of the DCP standard.
Standard cinemas can only select flat or scope when setting up a DCP and they won’t even have a screen with 1.90 aspect ratio, unless of course it’s an IMAX cinema that specifically designed for projecting that ratio. Thats my point. It doesn’t matter if theoretically the DCP full container is 1.90 if in practice standard cinemas cannot use that ratio.
Why exactly do you think that a 1.85:1 screen can't project the slightly shorter ratio of 1.9:1?
Because projectionists wouldn’t have the option to select full container.