What would really be great is a browser extension that blocked all posts bemoaning the pure horror of vertical video.
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Apple Shares Vertical 'Shot on iPhone' Short Film by Damien Chazelle
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One would be wrong. Most video is shot properly in a horizontal format. Also most content is horizontal. There are some niche things like Quiby (if that's even still a thing after such a horrible debut) and apps like tik-tok, but by far most video content is consumed horizontally. Even websites are consumed mostly on a computer. Sure, everyone with a smart phone will consume websites on their phone, but they are vastly outnumbered by those without smartphones and those with them that use their computer at work or at home.
no, they are lazy and have no experience operating a camera. I've been in the film business for 28 years. I know how to frame a shot. The people who shoot vertical video are lazy. This experiment in different aspect ratios is just that, an experiment. Playing with the form because it's trendy due to lazy people pulling out their phone and shooting. Vertical video is 99.99% just people who don't know what they are doing and are too lazy to orient their phone properly. Most can't even be bothered to level it.
Bottom line: people are going to do what they want, and no amount of enraged keyboard pounding by people who are triggered by vertical video (Oh the humanity!) is going to change that. I've gotten so when I see one I jump straight to the comments to read the hysterical posts from the Anti Vertical Video Brigade (AVVB). Never fails to make me laugh.
This takes me back to 2012...when this video was way ahead of it's time:
I've been saying this for years. Default should be set to always record video horizontal. Let people have the option to switch, but for the sake of humanity, kill vertical video with fire.
One could argue a lot of things... What support would one give to their argument in that particular case.
I'll begin by supporting my counter argument by pointing out that the human field of vision is a bit over 200° horizontal by about 120° vertical-- so just about everything I see all day every day is horizontal. Sometimes I put a vertical object in the middle of my horizontally biased field of view and focus my attention on that particular region, but I find that much less compelling and it generally gives me a headache.
More likely they knew I wouldn't. Still, that's not a comment on their superior creativity... The argument was made that people who don't like vertical video lack creativity. Vertical video was available before the modern smartphone, but that particular orientation was never heavily utilized. I believe there were creative movie makers before the year 2000, and I don't believe the prevalence of vertical video is due to a recent creative explosion.
See, even you can't bring yourself to watch the actual videos...
I think complaining about vertical video in 2020 just shows your age. I say that as part of the demographic that complains about vertical video. Many apps are built around vertical video now, especially social media (which is one of the most common uses for a camera). For many people, their phone is their primary screen; so why should their video be optimized for a different screen? I hate watching vertical video on a computer monitor too, but it's 2020 and it's here to stay. Some of us are just too old to fully accept it now.
Correct! Holding a phone vertically is more comfortable to watch a movie
You are LITERALLY thinking inside boxes 😂
If it’s not a hassle, why do the vast majority of people take photos and movies vertically?
So you think the academy award-winning director of this movie knows less than you do? Name your movies so we can check them out!
people who hate vertical video are the same people who can’t understand why someone frames a photo like this
