(2021-09-12, 08:33 PM)TomArrow Wrote: You could scan the entire negative 35mm frame in principle, apply all the grading/VFX to that and then use that as the master from which to create "croppings". But would potentially create more work for portions that would be used neither in the 4:3 nor in the 16:9 versions.
Basically my idea would be to have Blu Rays be like 35mm film prints were (well, like the super35 frame to be fair, without the audio) and then the "projectionist" (remote control of your blu ray player) chooses the framing.
That’s the best way that way you get whatever aspect ratio you like.