Why the shape of your screen matters - Brian Gervase

Prevoditelj: Ivan Stamenković Recezent: Sanda L

You know, back in the '40s and '50s,

Znate, u četrdesetima i pedesetima,

the original standard television had a 4 to 3 width to height ratio.

originalna standardna televizija imala je omjer ekrana 4 naprama 3.

That shape was chosen to be a slight rectangle,

Taj oblik je bio odabran kako bi bio pomalo pravokutan,

but still mostly square, thus having the maximal screen area

ali ipak kvadrat, tako imajući najviše prostora za ekran

for the given dimensions.

za dane dimenzije.

And that's still the ratio on many TVs and computer monitors in today's homes.

I to je još uvijek omjer kojeg imaju mnogi TV-i i monitori.

The problem is, hardly anybody today treats video content in a 4 to 3 ratio.

Problem je taj, što danas rijetko tko radi video sadržaj u omjeru 4 naprama 3.

See, this whole problem started

Vidite, cijeli problem je počeo

when people wanted to watch movies from the theater

kada su ljudi htjeli gledati filmove iz kina

in the comfort of their own homes.

u udobnosti svog doma.

Movie screens are considerably larger than our home television.

Kino ekrani puno su veći od našeg televizora kod kuće.

More important, the screen is completely different rectangle

Još važnije, ekran je potpuno drugačiji pravokutnik

and can't mathematically fit on our TV screens without manipulation.

i ne može matematički stati na naše TV ekrane bez uređivanja.

A typical TV is one and a third times wider than it is tall

Obični TV je za jednu trećinu širi nego što je visok.

Some movie screens could be up to three times as wide as it is tall.

Neki filmski ekrani mogu biti i do tri puta širi od visine.

So what're we going to do to make it fit? Well, we have all kinds of options.

Pa što ćemo napraviti da to stane? Imamo svakakve opcije.

Well, we could squeeze and stretch and mangle everything onto the screen,

Mogli bismo stisnuti i rastegnuti i razvaliti sve na ekran,

to make it all fill up,

kako bismo ga popunili

and everyone would look ridiculously thin and compressed.

i svi bi izgledali nevjerojatno tanko i stisnuto.

The good news is the sound would be just fine,

Dobre vijesti su da bi zvuk bio skroz u redu,

although I don't think people would be too happy about that option,

iako mislim da ljudi ne bi bili najsretniji s tom opcijom,

particularly the actors in the movie.

osobito ne glumci u filmu.

We could just cut a chunk of the original movie like a cookie cutter

Mogli bismo samo isjeći komad originalnog filma

and just see that frame of the movie.

i vidjeti samo taj okvir filma.

The problem with that would be people and objects

Problem s tim je da bi ljudi i predmeti

would be speaking from off the screen, or, even worse, they might be cut in half.

pričali izvan ekrana, ili još gore, bili bi presječeni na pola.

Neki uređivači filmova koriste "pan i scan" tehniku

Some movie editors use what's called the "pan and scan" technique

to allow the full height of the TV screen to be used,

kako bi bila iskorištena puna visina TV ekrana,

but pick and choose what section of the original movie

ali biraju koji će dio originalnog filma

should be shown on your screen

biti prikazan na vašem ekranu,

thus eliminating the annoying cutting of people.

tako eliminirajući presjecanje ljudi.

Imagine that job: staring at a 4 to 3 hole

Zamislite taj posao: buljite u rupu 4:3

watching movies all day, deciding for everyone

gledajući filmove cijeli dan, odlučujući za sve

which piece of the screen is the most important part for people to see.

koji dio ekrana je najvažniji da ga ljudi vide.

Now let's do a little quick math.

Sada na brzinu izračunajmo.

If we compare a major cinematic film produced on a 2.35 to 1 aspect frame

Ako usporedimo film iz kina rađen u omjeru 2.35 naprama 1

with my standard 4 to 3 TV screen,

s mojim standardnim ekranom 4 naprama 3,

we find out that only 55% of the movie can actually fit on the screen

shvatimo da samo 55% filma može stati na ekran

at any one time.

u bilo kojem trenutku.

Just over half!

Nešto malo preko pola!

You've seen the disclaimer at the beginning of the movie on TV or DVD

Vidjeli ste upozorenje na početku filma na TV-u ili DVD-u

that says, "This film has been modified

koje kaže, "Ovaj film je modificiran

from its original format to fit on your TV screen."

iz svog originalnog formata kako bi stao na vaš TV ekran."

Well, what it should say is,

Pa, ono što bi trebao reći je,

"We are only displaying 55% of the movie of our choosing."

"Prikazujemo samo 55% filma koje smo mi odabrali."

Now for all the full-screen TV lovers,

Sad, za sve ljubitelje punog TV ekrana,

this is your dilemma:

ovo je vaša dilema:

do you want to see all the movie, or is 55% good enough?

želite li vidjeti čitav film, ili je 55% dovoljno?

How about new TVs?

Što je s novim televizorima?

Around the start of the century, some widescreen TVs

Na početku stoljeća, neki široki TV uređaji

emerged in a 16 to 9, or 1.78 times wider than it is tall.

su se pojavili u 16:9, ili 1.78 puta širi od svoje visine.

Well, this screen fits the movie a little better,

Ovaj ekran može malo bolje prikazati film,

but still only shows 75% of the original movie at one time.

ali i dalje pokazuje samo 75% originalnog filma.

Suppose someone made a TV for your living room

Zamislite da netko napravi TV za vašu dnevnu sobu

that was actually 2.35 to 1 to show those full movies?

koji je zapravo 2.35:1 kako biste vidjeli te filmove?

Well, the TV with the same height as the most current 50-inch TVs -

Pa, TV iste visine kao većina trenutnih 50 inčnih televizora -

that TV would be close to six feet long.

taj televizor bi bio dug oko 1,8 m.

And on top of that, you'd only use the full screen when you watched movies.

I povrh toga, koristili biste ga samo kada biste gledali filmove.

Most of the other content would have to be stretched,

Većina drugog sadržaja morala bi biti raširena

or have empty space on the sides of the screen.

ili bi bio prazan prostor na stranama ekrana.

Of course, there is one more option.

Naravno, tu je još jedna opcija.

We can just shrink the movie screen proportionally,

Možemo proporcionalno smanjiti filmski ekran

to fit the width of your home television.

kako bi stao na širinu vašeg televizora.

We can mathematically scale the original to fit exactly the width of the screen

Možemo matematički skalirati original kako bi stao na širinu ekrana

and this'll preserve the entire movie screen,

i ovo će očuvati cijeli ekran filma,

but show the infamous black bars along the top and bottom

ali bi prikazivao crne crte s gornje i donje strane

that so many television watchers abhor.

koje mnogi gledatelji TV-a ne vole.

Of course, now you can argue that we're only using 75% of that screen.

Naravno, sad možete raspravljati kako koristite samo 75% tog ekrana.

And that is where the real question is:

I ovdje je pravo pitanje:

do you want your full screen, or do you want to see the entire movie?

želite li puni ekran, ili želite vidjeti cijeli film?

Najvjerojatnije trebate veći TV.

Most likely, you just need a bigger TV.