04-03-2023, 11:59 PM
(04-03-2023, 09:32 PM)Kojak Wrote:Does a vertical screen count as a monolith? If so nz and Aussie have been doing it for years.(04-03-2023, 11:32 AM)chris Wrote: I don’t know how people think that monolith looks good.The monolith thing seems to be something of an international trend. I think it was the Flemish channel VTM who started it, albeit out of necessity - their monolith was put in to hide a load-bearing pillar:
The framing leads to a huge Ken Bruce next to a tiny Rita with lots of extraneous set. They work for a standing shot, but not sitting. The desk screen should have been 16:9.
Though if we’re honest, the reason they like them is because it looks like a mobile phone, so the yoof are more likely to watch. Hydronic desk anyone?