Full frame (cinematography)

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:''For this term in [[digital photography]], see [[full frame digital SLR]].''

[[Image:Full frame film illustration.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|A full frame picture captured on [[35mm film]]. Here, the picture is framed for the target 2.35:1 cinema [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] (inside the yellow box). Picture outside the yellow box is masked out when the film is shown in widescreen. For [[4:3]] television versions, a large portion of the picture can be used (inside the red box).]]

In [[cinematography]] and [[photography]], '''full frame''' or '''flat''' filming captures all of the desired image along with additional visual information surrounding the target frame. One advantage of using full frame filming is that it gives the filmmaker a larger picture to work with when creating a [[pan and scan]] transfer of the film; one of the disadvantages is that it does not make optimal use of the available film area for [[widescreen]] versions, as [[anamorphic widescreen]] does.

When projecting a full frame film onto a wide theatrical screen, part of the image must be masked out; this process is known as ''soft matte''. Widescreen video transfers similarly crop out the additional video. A pan and scan transfer of the film, however, may more effectively make use of the additional picture, though it may contain unwanted objects such as boom [[microphone]]s, stage hands, or other props that would not have been visible in the widescreen version. Using the full frame does, however, allow viewers to see more of the full picture without [[letterbox]] bars.

==See also==
*[[List of film formats]]
*[[Pan and scan]]

[[Category:Photographic terms]]

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