CinemaScope

American  

[sin-uh-muh-skohp] / ˈsɪn ə məˌskoʊp /

Movies, Trademark.

1. a wide-screen process using anamorphic lenses in photographing and projecting the film.

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CinemaScope British  

/ ˈsɪnɪməˌskəʊp /

noun

1. an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses

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Other Word Forms

• CinemaScopic
  adjective

Example Sentences

Percival notes that since anamorphic lenses yield a wider, more cinematic aspect ratio than standard television fare, “If you were to take our dailies, they would be in Scope” — CinemaScope, the super-widescreen format.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2023

Don’t expect any remastering here, but the visuals using technologies of the day such as Technicolor and CinemaScope hold up and deliver some colorful adventures in the Old West.

From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2021

He and the producers discussed trying to emulate the CinemaScope look of some of those movies.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2021

“Ride Lonesome,” with the sweeping, wide-screen vistas of CinemaScope, has the feel of a culmination.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020

Abhilash Talkies advertised itself as the first cinema hall in Kerala with a 70mm CinemaScope screen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy