Why the shape of your screen matters - Brian Gervase

Zašto je bitan oblik vašeg ekrana - Brajan Gervejs (Brian Gervase)

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

Znate, 40-tih i 50-tih godina,

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

prvobitni standardni TV je imao odnos širine i visine od 3 naprema 4.

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

That shape was chosen to be a slight rectangle,

Odabrano je da oblik bude blagi pravougaonik,

but still mostly square, thus having the maximal screen area

ali uglavnom oblika kvadrata, kako bi imao najveću veličinu ekrana za te dimenzije.

for the given dimensions.

To je i odnos veličine na većini današnjih TV-a i kompjuterskih ekrana.

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

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

Problem je u tome što skoro niko danas ne pravi video sadržaj u odnosu 3:4.

See, this whole problem started

Ceo ovaj problem je nastao kada su ljudi želeli da gledaju filmove iz bioskopa

when people wanted to watch movies from the theater

in the comfort of their own homes.

u udobnosti svojih domova.

Movie screens are considerably larger than our home television.

Bioskopska platna su znatno veća od televizija u našim domovima.

More important, the screen is completely different rectangle

Još bitnije, platno je skoro potpuno u obliku pravougaonika

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

i matematički ne može da stane na naše TV ekrane bez manipulacije.

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

Tipičan TV je 1,3 puta širi

nego što je viši. Neka filmska platna

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

mogu da budu tri puta šira nego što su visoka.

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

Šta onda uraditi da to stane na ekran? Pa, imamo svakakve opcije.

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

Mogli bismo da stisnemo, razvučemo i unakazimo sve na ekranu

to make it all fill up,

kako bi moglo da stane, i svi bi izgledali neverovatno tanko i sabijeno.

and everyone would look ridiculously thin and compressed.

The good news is the sound would be just fine,

Dobra vest je da bi zvuk bio u redu.

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

Iako mislim da ljudi ne bi bili naročito zadovoljni tom opcijom,

particularly the actors in the movie.

naročito glumci na filmu.

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

Mogli bismo da isečemo komad originalnog filma, poput sečenja kalupom

and just see that frame of the movie.

i da vidimo samo taj deo filma.

The problem with that would be people and objects

Problem sa time je što 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 isečeni napola.

Neki filmski tehničari koriste tehniku "pan and scan"

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 dozvolili da se koristi puna visina TV ekrana,

but pick and choose what section of the original movie

ali biraju koji deo originalnog filma treba da se prikaže na vašem ekranu

should be shown on your screen

i tako eliminišu iritantno "sečenje" ljudi.

thus eliminating the annoying cutting of people.

Zamislite taj posao - gledate u rupu razmera 4:3

Imagine that job: staring at a 4 to 3 hole

i ceo dan gledate filmove, odlučujući u ime svih

watching movies all day, deciding for everyone

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

koji deo ekrana je najbitniji da ga vide ljudi.

Now let's do a little quick math.

Hajde da izračunamo na brzinu.

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

Ako uporedimo veliki bioskopski film napravljen na okviru od 2,35:1

with my standard 4 to 3 TV screen,

sa mojim standardnim TV ekranom,

otkrivamo da samo oko 55% filma može zapravo da stane na ekran

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

u bilo kom trenutku.

at any one time.

Just over half!

Jedva preko polovine!

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

Videli ste poruku na početku filma na TV-u ili DVD-u koja kaže

that says, "This film has been modified

da je "film izmenjen sa svog originalnog formata kako bi stao na vaš TV ekran".

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

Well, what it should say is,

Tu bi trebalo da kaže: "prikazujemo samo 55% filma po našem izboru".

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

Now for all the full-screen TV lovers,

Za sve one koji vole TV sa punim ekranom,

this is your dilemma:

ovo je vaša dilema: da li želite da vidite ceo film

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

ili je 55% dovoljno? A šta je sa novim televizorima?

How about new TVs?

Tokom početka veka, neki televizori sa širokim ekranom

Around the start of the century, some widescreen TVs

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

javili su se u razmeri od 16:9, to jest, širi su 1,78 puta nego što su visoki.

Well, this screen fits the movie a little better,

Film staje malo bolje na ovaj ekran,

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

ali opet prikazuje samo 75% originalnog filma u jednom trenutku.

Suppose someone made a TV for your living room

Recimo da neko napravi TV za vašu dnevnu sobu

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

u razmeri 2,35:1 koji prikazuje te pune filmove?

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

TV sa istom visinom kao većina današnjih TV-a od 127cm -

that TV would be close to six feet long.

taj TV bi bio dugačak skoro 180cm.

Pored toga, pun ekran biste koristili samo kad biste gledali filmove.

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

Most of the other content would have to be stretched,

Većina drugog sadržaja morala bi da bude razvučena

or have empty space on the sides of the screen.

ili da ima prazan prostor sa strane ekrana.

Of course, there is one more option.

Naravno, postoji još jedna opcija. Možemo proporcionalno da smanjimo platno

We can just shrink the movie screen proportionally,

to fit the width of your home television.

kako bi se prilagodilo širini TV-a u vašem domu.

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

Sada matematički možemo da prilagodimo original kako bi odgovarao širini ekrana

and this'll preserve the entire movie screen,

i ovo će sačuvati celo platno ali će prikazivati čuvene crne trake

but show the infamous black bars along the top and bottom

na vrhu i dnu, koje prezire velik broj gledalaca televizije.

that so many television watchers abhor.

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

Naravno, sada možete reći da koristimo samo 75% tog ekrana.

I tu leži pravo pitanje:

And that is where the real question is:

da li želite ceo ekran ili želite da vidite ceo film?

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

Verovatno vam samo treba veći TV.

Most likely, you just need a bigger TV.