March 4, 2019
#2119: Video Orientation explain

[The image shows three columns by three rows with the following headers:]
Video Orientation
Pros
Cons
[First row:]
[A wide picture with a text above:]
Horizontal
[Pros are:]
*Looks normal to old people
*Format used by a century of cinema
[Cons are:]
*Humans are taller than are wide
*I’m not turning my phone sideways
[Second row:]
[A tall picture with a text above:]
Vertical
[Pros are:]
*How most normal people shoot and watch video now so we may as well accept it
[Cons are:]
*Human world is mostly a horizontal plane
[Third row:]
[A picture rotated by 45 degrees with a text above:]
Diagonal
[Pros are:]
*Bold and dynamic
*Equally annoying to all viewers
*Good compromise
[Cons are:]
*None