CinemaScope
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- noun
- /ˈsɪnəməˌskoʊp/
- Archaic
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CinemaScope
- These images introduced a curving panorama of scenes from movies in CinemaScope—as if the latest word in entertainment and our intergalactic travel were parts of the same unparsable, glittering block of ability and aesthetic.
- CinemaScope and Technicolor
- breathtaking CinemaScope
- CinemaScope screen
Examples
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I'm a sucker for the Black and White CinemaScope format.
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Directors often preferred CinemaScope for epic storytelling, as it created a dramatic and immersive cinematic experience.
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This one, Rose Marie... ...was the first wide-screen, CinemaScope musical.
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This motion picture was photographed in the grandeur of CinemaScope, and--
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Shot in breathtaking CinemaScope and glorious Technicolor.
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You can see this effect in movies when an anamorphic (Cinemascope) lens is used.
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The major studios all jumped on the wide-screen bandwagon with such processes as Cinemascope and VistaVision, and the result was a boost to the movie business at a crucial point in its history.
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The film is more concerned with the materiality of the world as we have it: a world beautiful enough to be filmed in CinemaScope and blessed by the compassion of the monks, the townsfolk, and even the leader of the extremists, but a troubled, complicated world nonetheless.
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The film was shot in CinemaScope, allowing the audience to experience a wider view of the stunning landscape.
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Many classic movies were made using CinemaScope, which enhanced the visual storytelling with its expansive format.
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Etymology
CinemaScope comes from two parts: cinema meaning 'movie' and scope meaning 'view' or 'look', like in telescope. It was a name for a wide-screen movie system, so a CinemaScope film is one with a very wide, movie-like picture.