History Main / Eyedscreen

* All the time in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''. Once with a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Squash]]''.

* ''AdventureTime'' "Ricardio the Heart Guy", This trick shows up when Finn says that Ricardio is "up to something."

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[[caption-width-right:310:[[MegasXLR Coop]] shows us how it's done.]]

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->''"Can I get a letterbox format? ...Aww yeah, this is the director's cut!"''
-->-- '''Bo-bobo''', '''''{{Bobobo-bo Bobo-bo}}'''''

Seen often in {{Animesque}} shows or other animated programs.

See also: SuperMovePortraitAttack, EyeTake, IrisOut.

Not to be confused with EyeScream

* {{Godzilla}} does this in the ''{{Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny}}'' [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267 video]].
* Happened near the end of the ''{{Weebl and Bob}}'' [[http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/hentai.html episode "Hentai"]] when we zoom in on the characters' eyes.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIlpeaR48I&feature=channel_page Used in this installment]] of ''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''.
* ''[=~Banana-nana-Ninja!~=]'' uses this frequently. [[http://www.banana-ninja.com/episodes/BananaShopOfHorrorsPt3.html (Example)]]
* The ''HomestarRunner'' cartoon "Marshmallow's Last Stand" ([[OldShame no longer on the site]]) featured this, complete with the accompanying musical track from ''[=~The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly~=]''.

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* ''KimPossible'' in "Car Alarm", with focus on Jim's and Tim's faces to emphasis their [=~It's Personal~=] statement.

* In the ''{{Phineas and Ferb}}'' episode "Unfair ScienceFair", Candace and her rival Wendy use this trope in emphasizing their competition.

* ''{{World of Quest}}'' does this a lot in relation to Quest. Normally when he's complaining about how much he hates something. And seeing that he hates just about everything (except for Albert)...
* Occasionally shows up in ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]''.

A [[CameraTricks Camera Trick]] where, in order to show focus on a particular thing, two black bars will emerge from the top and bottom of the screen in order to bring about some drama to by changing the aspect ratio, {{Letterbox}}-like. Often done with eyes in order to showcase the intense stare of our hero, who nine times out of ten is staring down his opponent, but not exclusively. Said bars are often accompanied by a nifty sound effect. Possibly originates from attempts by producers of TV to recreate the same intense effect that SergioLeone achieved with his massive closeups in his SpaghettiWestern films - which don't work so well in non-widescreen shots.

[[MegasXLR http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coopvision.png]]
[[caption-width:478: STARING CONTEST!]]

-->-- '''Bo-bobo''', ''{{Bobobo-bo Bobo-bo}}''

A [[CameraTricks Camera Trick]] where, in order to show focus on a particular thing, two black bars will emerge from the top and bottom of the screen in order to bring about some drama to by changing the aspect ratio, {{Letterbox}}-like. Often done with eyes in order to showcase the intense stare of our hero, who nine times out of ten is staring down his opponent, but not exclusively. Said bars are often accompanied by a nifty sound effect. Possibly originates from attempts by producers of TV to recreate the same intense effect that SergioLeone achieved with his massive closeups in his SpaghettiWestern films - which don't work so well in non-widescreen shots.

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** [[IncrediblyLamePun I bet he did.]]
* Happens in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ngAH3gt6_xQ one of the picture dramas]] for ''CodeGeass''. However, this being [[{{omake}} the picture dramas]], it's for comedy rather than drama.

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* This happens in ''Scion'' right before a fight between Ethan and Exeter.

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* Played with [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel to horrifying effect]] in EventHorizon, where [[spoiler: you get a wonderful close-up of Sam Neill's eye sockets after he has gouged his eyes out, while he bellows and rants like only a possessed Sam Neill can.]] Not exactly this trope, because of course the film is already in a letterbox, and possibly an homage to those old {{Spaghetti Western}}s.
* Constantly done with Frodo's already-huge eyes in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', Sergio Leone-style.

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* Done from time to time in the ''[[http://www.floatinghandsstudios.com/cartoons.html Floating Hands]]'' webtoons.

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* ''SamuraiJack'' is not exempt from this, either.
** The title card itself is an Eyedscreen.
*** This was parodied in the ''DuckDodgers'' episode "Samurai Quack". When this happens to Dodgers (playing Jack), he notices the effect and actually tries to push out the black bars.

* Ami employs this trope in the ''HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' episode "In The Cards", while staring down Yumi in a card game, mixed with her InnerMonologue.

* ''TheEmperorsNewSchool'' in "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu", Kuzco used this trope against an anteater skeleton [[spoiler:which was actually an old man in a costume]].

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* All the time in ''{{Digger}}''. Once with a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Squash]]''.

* Constantly done with Frodo's already-huge eyes in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', Sergio-Leone style.

** Not exempt? This seems to happen ''every few seconds'' in a fighting sequence!
*** The title card itself is an Eyedscreen.
**** This was parodied in the ''DuckDodgers'' episode "Samurai Quack". When this happens to Dodgers (playing Jack), he notices the effect and actually tries to push out the black bars.

-->-- '''Bo-bobo''', ''{{Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo}}''

* Played with [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel to horrifying effect]] in EventHorizon, where [[spoiler: you get a wonderful close-up of Sam Neill's eye sockets after he has gouged his eyes out, while he bellows and rants like only a possessed Sam Neill can.]] Not exactly this trope, because of course the film is already in a letterbox, and possibly an homage to those old SpaghettiWesterns.

-->''"Can I get a letterbox format? ...Aww yeah, this is the director's cut!"''
-->-- ''Bo-bobo'', ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo''

** ''PowerRangerRPM'' had a rare practical effects version where they cast light over the actor's eyes while the rest of them was incomplete shadow. As they would be morphed at the time, the light cast would be in the shape of their respective visors as a sort of inside-the-helmet view.

*** This was parodied in the ''DuckDodgers'' episode "Samurai Quack". When this happens to Dodgers (playing Jack), he notices the effect and actually tries to push out the black bars.

* ''MegasXLR'', pictured above, does this all the frickin' time. Heck, you can't even get through the ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNu6_dxWbNo opening theme]]'' without being assaulted by this trope.

* Used occasionally in SuperSentai (and thus PowerRangers) as part of the CallingYourAttacks sequence. ''NinpuuSentaiHurricanger'' and ''PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' do this with nearly every mecha finisher.

A [[CameraTricks Camera Trick]] where, in order to show focus on a particular thing, two black bars will emerge from the top and bottom of the screen in order to bring about some drama to by changing the aspect ratio. Often done with eyes in order to showcase the intense stare of our hero, who nine times out of ten is staring down his opponent, but not exclusively. Said bars are often accompanied by a nifty sound effect. Possibly originates from attempts by producers of TV to recreate the same intense effect that SergioLeone achieved with his massive closeups in his SpaghettiWestern films - which don't work so well in non-widescreen shots.

** The non-eye variation is used in ''OcarinaOfTime'' when Z-targeting.