Aspect ratios: Difference between revisions

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List of them for various gauges
- 70mm aspect ratios?
- 16mm full frame, anamorphic, various matting
- ditto for other small gauges
- large gauges?
- Illustrations for each...
Aperture plates
Lenses
Masking
Determining correct aspect ratios for widescreen, etc.
- Eyeballing and measuring
- Educated guesses based on year, studio, country, etc
- Caveat: there is no "correct," historically - so contentious!

Gauge	Aspect Ratio	Other names	Year of Introduction	Notes
35mm	1.33:1	Silent / Full Frame	1907
35mm	1.19:1	Movietone	1926
35mm	1.37:1	Academy ratio	1932	Sometimes incorrectly called 1.33
35mm	1.66:1		1953	Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted
35mm	1.78:1		?	Used for films that originated on video.
35mm	1.85:1	Flat	1953	Warning: widescreen formats may be soft-matted
35mm	2.39:1	CinemaScope / Anamorphic	1953	CinemaScope aspect ratios vary.

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 ==35mm Exhibition Aspect Ratios==
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-[[File:Aspectratios-frame.png|left|thumb|300px|Aspect ratios as they appear in the film frame.<br>'''Red''' 1.33, '''Blue''' 1.37, '''Yellow''' 1.66, ''''Green''' 1.85]]
-[[File:Aspectratios-screen.png|center|thumb|300px|Aspect ratios as they appear on a full-width [[screen]].]]
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