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      11 months ago

      I think it depends on your intended audience. If what you’re filming is meant to be viewed on a phone, then vertical makes sense. If the video is meant to be viewed on a TV, movie screen, or computer monitor, then rotate your phone.

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      11 months ago

      I was mocking too, but things changed when a phone became the device to play back videos. At this point the orientation didn’t matter as much.

      It got to the point that some services, like YouTube shorts pretty much mandate vertical orientation.

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          11 months ago

          I actually prefer them to landscape because like a growing amount of people I only watch YouTube on the right side of my screen and use the left for work, drawing, or if course internet browsing and chat windows.

        • AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          11 months ago

          You don’t always need to use every bit of screen real estate. The goal is watching videos, not min-maxing monitor usage.

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        11 months ago

        How is this controversial. If its made to be viewed on a phone then I don’t see the reason to film hoizontally. Epecially the type of content that most people seem to make on like tiktok etc. seems better in vertical view.

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          11 months ago

          Lemmy definitely showing its older age skew here lol. Almost anything related to any social media will be better vertical. (Even lemmy itself ironically)

          Hell the vertical video trend on TikTok this year was a phenomenal trend and I even recall seeing A24 doing a vertical trailer cut just for TikTok.