In our thoroughly TikTok-ified, Instagram Reel-ified, and YouTube Short-ified world of 2025, vertical video has established itself as a mainstream video format, much to the chagrin of oldheads who think it’s a stupid and lazy way to shoot and watch video. Not everything is cinema — much of everyday life is about the individual getting by in spite of the world around them, not because of it. For telling such stories, it may not be best to shoot ultrawide. (more…)