WIDESCREEN

Widescreen

Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film.

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widescreen

Noun

  1. A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.

Adjective

  1. Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
  2. Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation.


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