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Alternative spellings
pan-and-scan
Adjective
en-adj|-
- context|Filmology Formatted to fit within proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, with sides of the original widescreen image (especially 2.35:1 aspect ratio) cropped off.
#:'' Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.
Noun
en-noun|sg=pan and scan
- context|uncountable|Filmology The method or practice of adjusting widescreen film images, especially 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 aspect ratio, so that they can be shown within the proportions of a 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 aspect ratio television screen, by cropping off sides of the original widescreen image, as opposed to letterboxing.
#:''Alicia hated the person who had invented pan and scan, since the heightened panning effect aggravated her nausea when watching action movies.
- context|Filmology A movie recording employing this technology.
#:In the discount bin by the door sat a pile of pan and scans, mostly comedies, that no one would touch.
Translations
Chinese: 平�����/平����� (pingdeguo huo saomiao)
Japanese: é��å��ã�³ã�¹ã�ã�£ã�³ (nabeoyobi-sukyan)
Korean: �과 �� (paengwa geomsa)
Verb
en-verb|pans and scans|panning and scanning|panned and scanned|panned and scanned
- context|Filmology To adjust widescreen film images so that they can be shown with standard television aspect ratios by cropping the original image, i.e. using pan and scan methods.
- context|Filmology To crop out (a character or object) when performing the pan and scan process, resulting in the deletion of a character or object.
#:On the fullscreen version of Star Wars Episode II, only Anakin and Obi-Wan appear in the scene because Padmé was panned and scanned out.
Related terms
fullscreen
high-definition television
letterbox
letterboxing
modified aspect ratio
original aspect ratio
pan
pillarbox
scan
tilt and scan
widescreen
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