widescreen

British  

/ ˈwaɪdˌskriːn /

adjective

1. of or relating to a form of film projection or television broadcasting in which the screen has much greater width than height

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Example Sentences

Also evident here is his preternatural gift for widescreen compositions, as he uses negative space to suggestive effect and often incorporates telling details at the edges of the frame.

From The Wall Street Journal

An early sequence in which a mysterious force unsettles the town is a master class in staging something across multiple locations, with Mr. Carpenter cutting from place to place to offer a powerfully condensed view of this community, each widescreen shot unerringly composed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The movie’s square-framed cinematography, too, reminiscent of a staged newsreel, is another subtle touch — one imagines Panh rejecting widescreen as only feeding this evil regime’s view of its own righteous grandiosity.

From Los Angeles Times

Those new to his work will easily discern the film’s older footage, some of it captured on grainy DV cameras, while newer material boasts the elegant, widescreen compositions that have become his specialty.

From Los Angeles Times

Kandhari, with his hypnotic Wes Anderson-by-way-of-David Lynch widescreen framing and deliberate tracking shots, seems more concerned with capturing something liminal in Uma’s alternative existence, as if the city were just weird and oppressive enough to tease out any transformation that was already lying dormant.

From Los Angeles Times