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Post by jamb0r on Nov 30, 2018 18:50:23 GMT
This is now being streamed free on ‘IGTV’. Downloaded the IGTV app and found that the whole thing has been recorded in PORTRAIT! I was hoping to be able to airplay it to my Apple TV and watch it on the big screen, but apparently not.
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Post by firefingers on Nov 30, 2018 19:13:56 GMT
This is now being streamed free on ‘IGTV’. Downloaded the IGTV app and found that the whole thing has been recorded in PORTRAIT! I was hoping to be able to airplay it to my Apple TV and watch it on the big screen, but apparently not. Could turn your telly sideways?
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Post by crowblack on Nov 30, 2018 19:16:20 GMT
Is there any desktop workaround on this or do I have to watch on my phone?
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Post by chameleon on Nov 30, 2018 22:59:11 GMT
Is there any desktop workaround on this or do I have to watch on my phone?
gets you the desktop site. no way to escape from portrait, though, it seems.
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Post by crowblack on Nov 30, 2018 23:11:09 GMT
gets you the desktop site Thanks! I haven't used Instagram video before. I imagine most of the target demographic watch stuff on iphones, but it's great they're doing this. I wish more theatres would do something like this at the end of their run: NT live is expensive and judging by the audience at my Liverpool local the demographic attracted to that is even older than the typical theatre audience.
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Post by jojo on Dec 1, 2018 9:26:06 GMT
Is there any desktop workaround on this or do I have to watch on my phone?
gets you the desktop site. no way to escape from portrait, though, it seems.
Thanks for this. I'll give this a go over the weekend, but as much as I appreciate they are doing a good thing and targeting the Instagram generation watching on smart phones, I am apprehensive. I recently watched a Xavier Dolan film that was in 1:1 ratio for the most part, which took a bit of getting used to, but the whole direction was planned with this in mind. I'm struggling to see how a non-landscape view will do justice to the production. Can't teenagers just turn their phones sideways?
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Post by crowblack on Dec 2, 2018 22:59:35 GMT
I'm struggling to see how a non-landscape view will do justice to the production. I think they did it well, though I was watching on a large desktop rather than my phone - the picture was very clear and they used split screens where reaction shots were needed. The only downside was that it seems to have been recorded without an audience, and I missed hearing that interactive element. Oddly, it felt closer to the theatre experience than the cinema NT live 'Madness of King George' or 'Beware of Pity' watched online, though both of those were from large theatre spaces - this felt much more intimate and engaging.
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Post by Stephen on Dec 3, 2018 3:27:17 GMT
I enjoyed watching this tonight and the viewing experience wasn't too bad on my phone.
Took me ten minutes to get into but I found this fast paced and light entertainment. I liked the twist too. Not a play I would have spent big money on had it transferred but cute nonetheless.
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