Pillarboxing and windowboxing Letterboxing (filming)

a windowboxed image

pillarboxing (reversed letterboxing) display of image within wider image frame adding lateral mattes (vertical bars @ sides); example, 1.33:1 image has lateral mattes when displayed on 16:9 aspect ratio television screen.

an alternative pillarboxing tilt-and-scan (reversed pan , scan), horizontally matting original 1.33:1 television images 1.78:1 aspect ratio, @ given moment crops part of top and/or bottom of frame, hence need tilt component. tilt camera move in camera tilts or down.

windowboxing occurs when image appears centered in television screen, blank space on 4 sides of image, such when widescreen image has been letterboxed fit 1.33:1 pillarboxed fit 16:9. called matchbox , gutterbox , , postage stamp display. occurs on dvd editions of star trek films on 4:3 television when included widescreen documentaries show footage original television series. seen in crocodile hunter: collision course, displays widescreen pillarboxing 1.85:1 scenes in 2.40:1 frame subsequently letterboxed. common see windowboxed commercials on hd television networks, because many commercials shot in 16:9 distributed networks in sd, letterboxed fit 1.33:1.

many 1980s 8-bit home computers feature gutterboxing display mode, because tv screens used monitors @ time tended distort image near border of screen, such extent text displayed in area became illegible. moreover, due overscanned nature of television video, precise edges of visible area of screen varied television set television set, characters near expected border of active screen area might behind bezel or off edge of screen. commodore 64, vic-20, , commodore 128 (in 40-column mode) featured coloured gutterboxing of main text window, while atari 8-bit family featured blue text window black border. original ibm pc cga display adapter same, , monochrome mda, predecessor of cga, later ega , vga, featured gutterboxing; called underscanned video. fisher-price pxl-2000 camcorder of late 1980s recorded windowboxed image compensate partially low resolution.

occasionally, image deliberately windowboxed stylistic effect; example, documentary-style sequence of film rent suggest older-format camera representing 4:3 aspect ratio, , opening sequence of oliver stone film jfk features pillar boxing represent 1960s era 4:3 television footage. film sneakers uses windowboxing effect in scene dramatic effect.