#2119: Video Orientation

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Video Orientation

Pros

Cons

[First row:]

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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