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Letterboxing (filming)

Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting video-graphic image has mattes of empty space above and below it; these mattes are part of each frame of the video signal.

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Etymology

Early home video use

In cinema and home video

On television

Pillar-boxing and window-boxing

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Letterboxing (filming)

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples7
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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television mattes widescreen 78 video ratio 33 aspect image letter-boxed letter-boxing films screen film letterbox part frame use pillar-boxing format

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openinginstance ofletter-boxing was limited to several key sequences of a film0.80text
closing creditsinstance ofletter-boxing was limited to several key sequences of a film0.80text
but was later used for entire filmsinstance ofletter-boxing was limited to several key sequences of a film0.80text
Top Gear.Current high-definition television systems use video displays with a wider aspect ratio than older television setsinstance oftrailers or television0.80text
making it easier to accurately display widescreen filmsinstance oftrailers or television0.80text
Zebrahead'sinstance ofand in music videos0.80text
the final scene of the Crazy Frog Axel F music video in which Crazy Frog peeks over the matte on the lower edge of the screen with part of his hands overlapping the matteinstance ofand even parodied0.80text

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