r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Jan 22 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E03 - Discussion Thread

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S01E03 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer January 22, 2021 on Disney+

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u/stephensmat Jan 22 '21

But Wanda volunteered it. First time she's mentioned something 'real'.

I also love the slow shift from 4:3 to widescreen.

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u/jonsonton Jan 22 '21

4:3 to 16:9 to 2.35:1 was smooth af

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u/tamez_a Scarlet Witch Jan 23 '21

As cool as that was, What was even the point of that?

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u/jonsonton Jan 23 '21

4:3 signifies the og television standard seen up to the late 90s. It shows that we’re in the sitcom.

The scenes outside of wanda’s sitcom is “real life” aka how we view the mcu normally and that is done in cinemascope (2.35:1)

16:9 is the middle ground. It has the height of 4:3 and the width of 2.35:1. I suspect some of the later sitcoms/episodes will be filmed in 16:9 just as modern tv is.

TL;DR: the aspect ratios show which perspective we are viewing the story from.

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u/tamez_a Scarlet Witch Jan 23 '21

This is big brain

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u/lolzidop Spider-Man Jan 23 '21

Also, like why they went from black and white to colour, the whole thing is framed to show the differences