The rest of the quote is "...it has been modified to fit this screen" I ran out of room.
2006-06-29 14:49:20 · 11 answers · asked by chattybox 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
if all they changed was the sized of the picture, why do we need to know that. It's pretty obvious.
2006-06-29 14:54:44 · update #1
on a video, unless you have a specially edited version - you have the same film as shown in theatres. But because of the size of a television screen versus a motion picture screen - the picture you see has to be scanned - which means because the whole frame won't fit on a tv screen - they have to "scan" - or reframe the image to fit your screen. Therefor, if two people are talking, the two shot may become a single of one person because you can't fit the image of them both on the screen.
when films are edited (modified) for broadcast television, the disclaimer will tell you how it was edited (ie edited for time and content), which means it has to fit the standards of the network and was edited to fit the time frame given to it to play.
the FBI warning is about copyright - don't copy the movie illegally.
2006-06-29 14:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What that almost always means is that much of the original picture has been thrown away,and only the most appropriate pieces of the picture is shown because a TV screen is the wrong shape to show the whole picture. This is why the "wide-screen" version (with the black bar showing on the top and bottom) more closely resembles the actual shape of a theater screen. The "full screen" version has to cut off the sides of the original picture.
2006-06-29 22:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by NannyMcPhee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the film has been modified from wide-screen released on movie theater screens to a format suitable for TV
2006-06-29 21:58:39 · answer #3 · answered by kain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The film has been edited, usually to appeal to more general audiences. Graphic violence and sex have been edited out. Movie screens are approximately twice as wide as they are tall. TV screens are only about 1/5th as wide as they are tall. You can get some movies in the "Letterbox" format, which does not cut off each side of the picture to fit it to a TV screen.
2006-06-29 21:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of DVD's are presented in the "letterbox" format (y'know the black bars above and below you tv screen), which is the rectangular ratio presented in the theaters. The "formated" version you wathched is cropped to fit a TV's dimentions which fill the entire screen.
2006-06-29 22:23:56 · answer #5 · answered by rjordan1041 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably just because it has to carry the message because it has been altered from the original format. It's probably more a business thing then a consumer thing.
And if the message bothers anyone, then they really need a life.
And the FBI warning is totally different and is all on their copyright...
2006-06-29 22:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, we need to know that.. some people aren't bright enough to realize the format was changed so the movie would fit the tv screen. Just one more example of stupidty running wild in today's society.
2006-06-29 22:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by ladyangelovely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been modified from its original version...
2006-06-29 22:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means they took the widescreen version and cut off the sides to make it "fit your screen" (fullscreen). plain and simple.
2006-06-29 21:59:32 · answer #9 · answered by Chris N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because some scenes have been cut out of the movie and the time of the movie has been shortened out
2006-06-29 21:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋