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

“When I’m in a theater that’s Cinemascope ratio, I like to be right near the front, middle of the third row,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Looney Tunes directing maestro Frank Tashlin embraced the musical comedy genre back in 1956 with an influential, live-action rock and roll classic delivering a Cinemascope and DeLuxe Color visual smorgasbord.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2022

We shot it in Cinemascope, but not every theater in the world was equipped with Cinemascope back then.

From Fox News • Jun. 20, 2021

Fritz Lang famously said Cinemascope was only suited for filming snakes and funerals, but this scene actually works better because the frame looks wrong for its subject.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2019

I was notified that I had won a year’s subscription to Life magazine as a result of the essay I had written on the book I would most like to see in Cinemascope.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers