Friday, February 7, 2020

The Artus DVD, Part 1



I'm going to make a close study of the French Artus DVD, as what is seen is the most complete version of the film. The film was part of Artus' "British Horror" line. There is the original English language track, and also an option of watching the film in the French audio track. My screen captures are not precise in aspect ratio, but certainly as close to it as I can get. Also, I've boosted the contrast a bit, so that is easier to tell the edges of the frame.

The film starts off in full-screen mode:



What is important in the following two shots is that the left and right side give a demonstration of the ratio here.



The film, still in full-screen, goes into the title and credits. A couple of the credits are seen touching the bottom, a no-no in a theater if shown this way.



More analysis to come!
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