widescreen

/ 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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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Its widescreen picture of the phenomenon is braided with details of people like Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, a Mississippi sharecropper who headed to Chicago to escape violent racism at home, only to discover a complicated network of bigotry and industry in the Midwest.

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Her rhythms evoke both the energy and quiet hum of rural life, with cinematographer Elio Balézeaux’s attractive widescreen framing capturing a range between tactile human intimacy and beautiful wide landscapes.

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