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First Scene Problem

posted 14 years ago by Cornellj37
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Quick question...

Did anybody notice in the first scene where McAdams is on the blind date, the image is very small and it slowly gets bigger until filling out the anamorphic ratio. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I saw this in the theaters, and just picked up the DVD and the same thing occurs. The image is very small and take a minute or two to finally fill up the screen. It's very odd because it seems like this is a problem that was not addressed?

Again, I don't know, but would love to hear an explanation as to why this happens.

Thanks!

[–] paper-shoes 14 years ago

Yeah, I think if anything it's symbolic of Becky's character - completely oblivious to her personal life, yet attached to her work life. "Seeing the big picture" of Becky Fuller's life.

[–] dtdbiz 14 years ago

Watched the DVD last night. I had to start it over because it took me by surprise, and I wanted to see how they did that so smoothly. I thought it symbolized a TV screen, which is Becky's universe, but audiences would be angry about watching a small screen on a big screen. So they blew it up. Blew it up real good.

[–] Wu_Tang_Clam 14 years ago

I was messing with the zoom settings on my PS3 last night trying to get the picture to fill my screen. I thought the source video was just messed up. Bah! :(

[–] kcolli11 14 years ago

Agree, agree! I put the DVD in tonight to watch it for the first time, and I kept thinking, "God, is something wrong with this copy of the DVD?" It's obviously an artistic choice, but I didn't like it at all.

Call me Katie. ;-)

[–] veritable32 14 years ago

It confused me at first as well but then figured it was a visual nod to the ending of a film in a similar genre, 'Broadcast News' where the last shot moves away from us as a box.