The videos we see in our daily lives today are filled with various scales and shapes, rectangles, and longer rectangles. If you make video or product video of an e-commerce business, you'll also come into contact with the proportions required by the e-commerce platform, such as the square on Instagram. Even more exaggerated is the circle in the <我不是潘金莲>, even directly into the three-dimensional space, playing with surface video. Today, of course, it's about the usual video aspect ratio, like 16:9, 4:3, 2.35:1

First, let's take a look at what these picture scales have, 16:9. Let's start with the most common ratio, 16:9 If you don't know what kind of aspect ratio you should choose for your clip' video? That's 16:9. Like footage taken by a cell phone camera, the picture ratio is usually 16:9.

Common resolutions such as 1920X1080, 3840X2160. The 16:9 frame ratio gives a sense of everyday nature, such as Nick Wright's series Love in the Trilogy. It's the 16:9 ratio, rather than the wide margins we use in the cinema, that reduces the sense of blockbusters and increases the sense of everydayness, which is exactly what this love series needs.

4:3 - If 16:9 feels everyday, then 4:3 feels like retro college. Due to its compact composition, this frame gives a sense of intimacy and is ideal for highlighting the center of the picture. Because 4:3 is the ratio of many old movies to old TV, such as the previous last film is this ratio, watching 4:3 video will trance there is a feeling of watching video on old TV. But even now, there is the will to use 4:3 for filmmakers, such as the <正义联盟> of the party clip. For our video editing enthusiasts, the biggest use of the three is probably to cut some retro and nostalgic videos, such as steamwaves.

2.35:1-2.35:1 is the common length and width ratio of movies, in addition, there are 2.76:1, 2.55:1 and so on, we can group them into one category - widescreen ratio. The key words of the widescreen ratio of view are "movie sense" and "big picture sense", which is very suitable for large scenery, such as aerial photography and scenery. Such a wide picture is not the prerogative of the film, we can also use in their own clips of travel video, can be more texture and force. Here I would like to recommend a very favorite travel film up master - mushrooms and a by, most of their travel short films are using widescreen scale, photography techniques and composition skills, these are very strong, recommended to watch and learn.

9:16-9:16 is the vertical video that has gone popular with the rise of short video platforms. For example, our common jitter short video and e-commerce grass-planting video. Personal point of view, too forced frame is difficult to carry out the depth of field and aesthetic composition, so it is difficult to use for serious image creation. But the vertical screen can greatly draw the audience and the person on the screen, so it's perfect for live streaming and dancing.

Of course, the above only describes the most common and representative aspect ratio, in fact, there are many other commonly used ratios, such as 1.37:1, 1.85:1 and so on. The reason why there are so many proportions, this is the imprint of the times, behind the entire film, television, film photography, digital photography development process. Students interested in this topic, recommended to know how the film frame evolved. At this point we can draw a general conclusion, the wider the proportion of the video, the more open the light sense, the more things can be stuffed into, suitable for depicting large wells. On the other hand, the more compact the field of view picture more focused, which means that different picture proportions require different composition techniques?

In addition, many films have adopted the changing drawing ratio, such as "Budapest Hotel" "Mountain Man" and other films. The previous 4:3 middle with 1.85:1 finally with 2.35:1. Use different aspect ratios to express different backgrounds of the times, but also to convey different emotions to the audience. But I very much do not recommend ordinary clip lovers to play so, so engaged in master behavior, ordinary people are easy to make a fool of. Finally, make a summary. The length and width of a video will give the viewer a completely different perspective and require the content to be shot according to the subject matter of the video being shown. Emotional tendencies and so on to determine, but also corresponding to different composition skills, need constant practice.