CinemaScope
Fifties panoramic projection
CinemaScope is a widescreen film format developed by 20th Century Fox in the 1950s, using anamorphic lenses to squeeze a wide image onto standard 35mm film and then expand it during projection.
The format produced a panoramic aspect ratio of roughly 2.35:1, dramatically wider than the nearly square screens of earlier cinema.
CinemaScope became synonymous with epic, visually spectacular filmmaking: The Robe was the first CinemaScope release.
Though the brand name fell out of use, it established widescreen as the cinematic standard.
Intentionally warped for correction
- widescreenHorizontally extended display format
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- aspect ratioWidth-height relationship of images
- 35mmFilm width measurement
projection · squeeze · optical · Panavision · aperture · print · negative · spherical
Offering unobstructed wide view
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
spectacle · grandeur · blocking · staging · depth of field · mise-en-scène · letterbox · expansive
Decade after WWII
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- studio systemVertically integrated film production
- musicalSung theatrical production
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
Technicolor · golden age · movie palace · blockbuster · sword and sandal · Richard Burton
Theater projection surface
- theatrical releaseFilm shown in theaters
- film preservationSafeguarding motion pictures
- cinephilePassionate movie enthusiast
- revival houseTheater showing older films
anamorphic
Intentionally warped for correction
- widescreenHorizontally extended display format
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- aspect ratioWidth-height relationship of images
35mm · projection · squeeze · optical · Panavision · aperture · print · negative · spherical
panoramic
Offering unobstructed wide view
landscape · spectacle · grandeur · blocking · staging · depth of field · mise-en-scène · letterbox · expansive · immersive
1950s
Decade after WWII
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- studio systemVertically integrated film production
- musicalSung theatrical production
Western · Technicolor · golden age · movie palace · blockbuster · sword and sandal · Richard Burton
big screen
Theater projection surface
- theatrical releaseFilm shown in theaters
- film preservationSafeguarding motion pictures
- cinephilePassionate movie enthusiast
cinema, scope, cinemas, cinematic, cinematically, cinematograph, cinematography, cinematographer, cinematographic