RU.08 said:

Nice pics -1. The cropping seems fairly consitant throughout (obviously with shot-by-shot ajustments for keeping the action center).

yeah, this is the standard practice.

about overscan:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan

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There is no hard technical specification for overscan amounts for the low definition formats. Some say 5%, some say 10%, and the figure can be doubled for title safe, which needs more margin compared to action safe. The overscan amounts are specified for the high definition formats as specified above.

Different video and broadcast television systems require differing amounts of overscan. Most figures serve as recommendations or typical summaries, as the nature of overscan is to overcome a variable limitation in older technologies such as cathode ray tubes.

However the European Broadcasting Unionhas safe area recommendations regarding Television Production for 16:9 Widescreen.^[7]

The official BBC suggestions^[8] actually say 3.5% / 5% per side (see p21, p19). The following is a summary:

later

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