Aspect ratios, dollies and The Odyssey's mirror trick at StudioBinder
Fifteen uploads went up, and the explainer on why filmmakers change the size of the screen passed 46,000 views in under two days.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Why Filmmakers Change the Size of the Screen
Film Riot, a channel of almost exactly StudioBinder's size, spent the week a little below its usual pace, and most of the art and craft channels in the wider group were running slower than normal too. StudioBinder's own week was a busy one: fifteen uploads, most of them patient lessons in the mechanics of moviemaking.
A whole run went to camera dollies. There is "How To Use a Dolly," plus separate looks at the heavy-duty Chapman and Fisher models and the lighter Dana dollies. It is the kind of gear-by-gear walkthrough the filmmaking studio's channel is known for. Another thread took on eyelines, with a short on matching height and angle and one on the mirror trick behind the eyelines in The Odyssey.
The standout came late. "Why Filmmakers Change the Size of the Screen" went up on Monday and opened far stronger than anything else in the batch, with ten times the first-day crowd of the dolly lessons. Two days on, it is still gathering views much faster than its siblings. The eyeline short posted the same day sits a distant second, and the five-day-old dolly how-to comes third.
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The videos drawing views on StudioBinder right now
- Channel
- StudioBinder
- Subscribers
- 2,260,000
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- September 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 46,109
- Views on its first day
- 37,822
The numbers
Here are StudioBinder's figures for the week, video by video.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which aspect ratio is usually called widescreen or 'scope' in cinema?
Anamorphic 'scope' films are projected at roughly 2.39:1, far wider than the old 4:3 Academy-style frame.






