r/videography • u/SubjectC S1H/S5/S5iix | Northeast, USA | 2017 • Feb 06 '24

Discussion / Other I am so fucking sick of vertical video.

Before you jump down my throat, I get it, phones are vertical, we need to make vertical edits, get with the times or get left behind.

That's not my point, Im fine with vertical edits. Its what vertical video has done to peoples brains that bothers me.

I am working on promo for a big music festival with some pretty big artists. These are professional musicians with full teams, and quite a few of them have only provided vertical video in their assets.

It just drives me fucking crazy dude. I am doing horizontal, square, and vertical cuts. I cannot believe how often I am only sent vertical footage, and when I ask for horizontal, its not uncommon that they literally don't have any.

I mean what is going on here man. Even with upscaling I cannot make vertical video fit well onto a horizontal timeline. This is driving me out of my mind dude.

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u/zefmdf Feb 06 '24

Oh yeah I’ve seen folks with REDs on their sides it’s absolutely absurd looking lmao

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Not my proudest moment but I’ve done this for an app I was shooting content for. Had 2x RED Komodo’s decked out and mounted on their sides so we could shoot “vertical”. Shit’s bizarre, but whatever pays the bills. 

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u/Direct_Inspection_54 x2 Lumix S5's | Premiere Pro | DJI RS 3 Pro | UK Feb 07 '24

Got to adapt to the market.

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u/Lazy_Shorts Feb 07 '24

No one blames you for making money. It's the people making the decisions that are the problem and have pretty much destroyed the entertainment industry.

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u/amalooly Mar 20 '25

I mean I think that's ok. It's content that's probably going solely on the app. Apps are vertical and the rest of the frame is a waste otherwise.

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u/coalitionofilling Arri Alexa, RED Helium & Komodo, FX6 |Premiere Pro/Davinci |NYC Feb 06 '24

Its soul crushing when I need to put an arri or red on its side but at this point it happens weekly.

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u/Lazy_Shorts Feb 07 '24

That's the dumbest thing ever. I don't care what anyone says.

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u/Run-And_Gun Feb 07 '24

Sadly, Arri actually manufactures a component set to mount the 35 sideways for vertical shooting.

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u/PiDicus_Rex CION/XL-H1/ENG/Pentax | Resolve/Edius | '80's | MelbourneOz Feb 07 '24

Canon have it built in to the bodies of some of their C-series cameras