Vertical Video Portraits
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- u07ATL
I used to think that vertical video was so amateur and lame, BUT I've recently started doing this series of vertical video portraits on Instagram of the local watermen and women in Charleston SC.
I'm loving the 1080x1350 dimension for video and the way it fills the majority of the phone screen.
Check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/adamla…
Anyone else taking advantage of this format in interesting ways?
- monospaced0
it only works well if the only screens they're viewed on are phones being held vertically, like on an Instagram campaign, otherwise it's annoying if you have a standard, horizontal video platform
- not necessarily - portrait suits portrait hence its name - nothing wrong with some empty space on a screen.fadein11
- it's annoying on Facebook phone app granted - but thats the the medium.fadein11
- ^ Agreed. Also if there i other related content being displayed next to the video.wordssssss
- If you present vertical video on a standard HDTV, the empty space is 60%+ of the screen.monospaced
- @fadein, we were saying the same thing: it works when viewed on a vertical phonemonospaced
- fadein110
like your stuff.
- Beeswax0
Do you use an iphone to shoot?
They are nice btw...
- martinadolfsson0
Really nice video portraits, however for me, the vertical format doesn't really add anything to the work.
Keep it up
- Miguex0
- I blame developers, people just don't know betterMiguex
- exactly, if you're showing it on a wide screenmonospaced
- What is that thing on the right?nb
- Large display. Or iMac.monospaced
- detritus1
Nah, I disagree, Migeux — everything in context, and doing vertical videos is just defining a new one.
We're not talking mouth-breathers spacking global events by vertically-recording crap on their potatoes, this is framing.
The OP's got some great examples — nice work!
- hotroddy0
Snapchat is all about vertical videos
- nb2