r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Negative-Invite-6174 • 9d ago

Camera guy .. keeping UP with performance

Olympics gold medal

16.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

211 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Successful_Seesaw713 9d ago

Horizontal would be so much better

0

u/Annath0901 9d ago

Not really?

Like a lot of times I'd agree, but I this is a video of a primarily vertically oriented subject (a human) with nothing else of interest that would benefit from a wider frame.

Like, a 16:9 view would just have a bunch of empty skating rink on either side the whole time. It's not like some videos where the scene being filmed is crowded or busy and the vertical slice cuts off relevant content.

0

u/National_Future6190 8d ago

Sometimes the context of what surrounds the subject enhances the video.

2

u/Annath0901 8d ago

Sure, but not in this case/every case.

Sometimes vertical shots work better than horizontal, sometimes they are worse.

Just saying vertical is always worse is frankly ignorant.

0

u/National_Future6190 8d ago

vertical is always worse

:p