FaceTime has black bar on screen before call

When I launch FaceTime on my iPad 4 (retina), I get almost half the screen in portrait mode as a black bar. When I place the call, the screen is fine. This did not happen with iOS 7. Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks Bob for this, it has focused my efforts. It seems to be a bit 'random' to say the least, and my nearest Apple Store is a 100 mile round trip to get to. This is very much an iOS 8 issue, but it seems that dear old Yosemite has a problem as well which wasn't helping my diagnosis (no audio when call is initiated). I shall take my iPad in to my "local" store and see what the resident Geniuses make of it.
Once again, thanks for your input - as a developer it gets a bit lonely here, but when problems surface, it can become alarming!

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