For very wide screen films shot in Panavision and Cinemascope, a 16:9 TV will still show a prominent letterbox. See anamorphic lens and letterbox. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

It is a big picture in every sense of the word. One magnificent scene after another, under the [new] anamorphic CinemaScope technique, unveils the splendor that was Rome and the turbulence that ...

Todd-AO 2.21:1 (later renamed to Ultra-Panavision), Vista-vision 2.66:1 of which both are spherical high resolution film formats, and CinemaScope which is the 2.35 anamorphic standard film ...

When projected, an anamorphic lens stretches the 35mm frame horizontally and fills a wide screen. This lens allowed the movie industry to make wide screen films with the same 35mm equipment.

Anamorphic lenses are used to create a cinemascope aspect such as 2.39:1 or 2.35:1 and the Hollywood look so many aim for. Unlike complex digital post processing needed to achieve the look, many of ...