Filmmaker chooses vertical format for creating movies to be played on phones

“What if movies were taller and thinner?” Adam Epstein asked in Quartz.

“That’s the question posed by Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, who is developing ‘the first vertical format blockbuster,’ according to Deadline. Based on the true story of a Soviet fighter pilot who led an escape out of a Nazi concentration camp in World War II, the film, titled V2. Escape From Hell, will be shot and released entirely in vertical mode, rather than in the traditional horizontal format.

“Though designed to be watched on phones, the film will also be shown in theaters in 2021. It’s unclear exactly what that will look like on movie screens: Either the film will be projected exactly as it was shot (resulting in two large black bars on either side of the picture) or it will be reformatted to fit the big screen.”

Source: https://qz.com/1802830/v2-escape-from-hell-may-be-the-first-vertically-shot-blockbuster/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

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