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

Originally shot in the CinemaScope format, the movie has now been digitally restored to a resolution of 4K.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Her husband, Patrick Loungway, a cinematographer, suggested that she use an anamorphic lens to replicate the look of a CinemaScope film.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2020

Wednesday, the storied lot - the birthplace of CinemaScope, “The Sound of Music” and “Titanic” - will no longer house one of the six major studios.

From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2019

In 1954, Newman extended the fanfare with warm, soaring strings for the studio’s new CinemaScope presentation, and that version remained through every visual iteration of the logo up to its modern-day computer animation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2018

To drive home the point, its faqade had been designed as a cement replica of a curved CinemaScope screen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy