Pan and scan

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Noun

pan and scan

  1. Filmology. The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.

Translations

Adjective

pan-and-scan

  1. Filmology. Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.

Verb

to pan and scan

  1. To adjust (widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio or wider) so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio telvision screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image.

Phrases

to pan and scan out

  1. To crop out (a character or object) when adjusting a 2.35:1 aspect ratio widescreen film image to the proportion of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, resulting in the absence of a character or object.
On the fullscreen version of Star Wars Episode II, only Anakin and Obi-Wan appear on the scene, but Padmé was panned and scanned out of the scene.

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