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Aspect Ratio
Aspect Ratio
what is it?
Since there are many different aspect
ratios in use for film, the image has to
be modified to fit the television screen.
Original format the shape of the
screen, or size relationship between its
width and height.
ASPECT RATIO =
Ratio of the width to the
height of the picture
Aspect Ratio
history
In the early days 1.33:1 (ratio for
Image Area
Sound Strip
35mm film)
Aspect Ratio
history
Films produced in a 1.37:1 aspect
ratio include:
The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The 1.37:1 aspect ratio remained
unchallenged until 1953
Aspect Ratio
history
1930s estimated 95 million people
movies
decreased to 45 million
Aspect Ratio
history
Wider image fills more of our peripheral
vision and more intense & realistic
Studios began to compose their films in
various widescreen ratios including:
Cinerama
Cinemascope
Panavision
Cinerama
The movie industry was in a difficulty
after television adopted the same aspect
ratio
One of the ways to fought back
introduction of Cinerama
Cinerama is a widescreen process that,
originally, simultaneously projected
images from three synchronized 35 mm
projectors onto a huge, deeply curved
screen, subtending 146 of arc
Cinerama
Aspect ratio 2.60:1
Was introduced in New York in the 1952
show entitled This is Cinerama
Cinerama screen
(Courtesy of the American
WideScreen Museum)
Cinerama
The first
cinerama images
were of a roller
coaster ride
Viewers felt as
they were in the
first car as it
sped up, down,
and around the
tracks
Cinerama
World.
Cinemascope
Introduced by Twentieth Century Fox one
year after Cinerama
Requires outfitting cameras with an
anamorphic lens, which photographs the film
image and then compresses it
When the image is ready to be screened,
another anamorphic lens is used to
uncompress the footage
Cinemascope
When first introduces, aspect ratio
was 2.66:1 but reduce to 2.55:1.
Cinemascope
Cinemascope screen
(Courtesy of the American
WideScreen Museum)
Panavision
Followed on the heels of CinemaScope
by creating anamorphic lenses in the
late 1960s
Reduced some of the issues that
CinemaScope was having with
compression
Ultimately led to it becoming the
standard choice within the industry
Aspect ratios are 2.35:1 and 1.85:1
which are the current film standard
Aspect Ratio
common
formats
Braveheart.
Aspect Ratio
various formats
Aspect Ratio
various formats
Aspect Ratio
modification
PAN & SCAN
Resized the widescreen movies to fit
center of interest.
percent
Aspect Ratio
modification
Aspect Ratio
modification
LETTERBOXING
For most directors, pan & scan was not a
entire screen.
films on television.
The picture is centered along the horizontal
Many banded together to ensure that
screen.
the image
Aspect Ratio
modification
Neutral Space
Preserved Picture
Neutral Space
Aspect Ratio
modification
Storyboard
template
Storyboard
template
Storyboard
template
Storyboard
template
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