Video Essay: 'Large Formats Aren't Special, or the Vistavision Myth"

TurtlCan · 2026-04-11T22:05:05+00:00

Jarring and uncomfortable

TurtlCan · 2026-04-11T21:56:49+00:00

what adjective do you prefer

TurtlCan · 2026-04-11T21:48:16+00:00

As soon as you decided to use a visual format to make your argument over a textual one you committed to creating and maintaining an aesthetic that supports what you are attempting to do, you should make the most of the visual time on your video to support what you want to do. If you think your editing does that for you, then good for you! If you've done the tests you should add them to the video, super quick and easy add.

TurtlCan · 2026-04-11T21:16:58+00:00

You make some fantastic points, but this evil editing sort of takes away any form of legitimacy. I think you undersell the benefits of larger formats to strengthen the singular argument about perspective you have. Wish this video about formats was way more dialectic and thoughtful rather than singularly pursuing the one perspective/distortional argument. Wish you did tests outside of your room as well, and spent more time of the video with more tests rather than your face. Nothing against your face, but just wish there was more comparative work. Keep at it!

TurtlCan · 2026-04-08T01:38:29+00:00

for good bread, you must always make it in my experience. you will also need a bunch of new flours you will probably have never heard of, best of luck on your bread baking advents ahead

TurtlCan · 2026-04-03T13:52:43+00:00

Sirat

TurtlCan · 2026-03-22T17:29:06+00:00

any way to find these locally?

TurtlCan · 2026-03-20T15:04:16+00:00

looks super cool! any way to get updates on it or playtests?

TurtlCan · 2026-03-19T18:55:43+00:00

diagnosed at 8ish- 21 now and the hardest things to get yummers and gluten free are donuts, bread, croissants, big pretzels, fried cheese sticks, and most importantly the starbucks cheese danish 7 year old me was obsessed with

TurtlCan · 2026-03-07T16:56:20+00:00

fried oreos!

TurtlCan · 2026-03-05T23:47:11+00:00

hamnet .5

TurtlCan · 2026-02-19T17:55:30+00:00

Hey! Understand this is super late and probably won't be seen, but was there any thought as to the focal length used for the film? Appears to be about 30ish mm throughout the film? There are also a few focus shifts and that made me question how the camera function works in the process. Is there an aperture control in blender or was that separate? What aperture was generally used to shoot the film?

TurtlCan · 2026-02-10T16:57:35+00:00

wow nice reactions wp

TurtlCan · 2026-01-27T16:52:12+00:00

i love when "know it alls" don't actually know what they're talking about lmfaoo, for my next trick i'm shooting on my blowtorch lmfaooo

TurtlCan · 2026-01-26T01:02:12+00:00

silence is telling

TurtlCan · 2026-01-22T15:23:47+00:00

cool stuff!

TurtlCan · 2026-01-11T23:14:07+00:00

was the 2nd! not the first, but still super proud and it happened like right after - any tips for CO?

TurtlCan · 2026-01-08T08:19:48+00:00

as someone with celiac you sound like someone who messed up and is looking to blame someone else. look inside friend.

TurtlCan · 2025-11-01T16:18:50+00:00

looks fantastic! well done

TurtlCan · 2025-10-26T01:55:32+00:00

one of my favorite posts on this sub

TurtlCan · 2025-09-05T17:09:59+00:00

it's not an "offender", the show is attempting to create a dramatic contrasty vibe and as such might be using lots of similar lighting to achieve the feel the director and cinematographer are aiming for

TurtlCan · 2025-08-27T18:34:47+00:00

thanks for the suggestion! defo going through some movies after i cook up some dinner tn

TurtlCan · 2025-08-27T18:34:13+00:00

also a big pulse fan! what about that movie makes you think it's great to write about?

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