I use to play Garfield’s tennis team. I graduated from Manchester in 2003.
When I say to shoot 4:3 and make widescreen in post I am meaning just that. Where I went to school, a lot of people felt that widescreen gives video a certain feel. So shoot full screen add bars in post, and then do some track motion in after effects or what have you. Since you are adding the bars and getting rid of a fourth of the screen. You will have a fourth of the screen to work with for motion stabilizing.
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