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* '''PlayedForDrama:''' Eyedscreen
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* '''PlayedForDrama:''' EyedscreenEyedScreen
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Potholed to Frame Break
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** The characters reach out of the letterbox
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** [[FrameBreak The characters reach out of the letterboxletterbox]]
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* '''Exploited:''' [[BehindTheBlack The letterbox hides things until the character (and the audience) notices them]]
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* '''Exploited:''' '''Exploited:'''
** [[BehindTheBlack The letterbox hides things until the character (and the audience) noticesthem]]them]]
** The black space can be used for captions, information, or anything without encroaching on the movie's space.
** [[BehindTheBlack The letterbox hides things until the character (and the audience) notices
** The black space can be used for captions, information, or anything without encroaching on the movie's space.
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* '''Inverted:''' PanAndScan
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* '''Inverted:''' PanAndScan'''Inverted:'''
** PanAndScan
** Pillarbox (when the content is narrower than the screen, such as 4:3 content on a 16:9 screen)
** PanAndScan
** Pillarbox (when the content is narrower than the screen, such as 4:3 content on a 16:9 screen)
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* '''ZigZagged:''' The video is letterboxed, then stablized. That means the letterbox appears to move semi-randomly
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* '''ZigZagged:''' The video is letterboxed, then stablized.stabilized. That means the letterbox appears to move semi-randomly
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* '''Parodied:''' The characters reach out of the letterbox
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* '''Parodied:''' '''Parodied:'''
** The characters reach out of theletterboxletterbox
** The letterbox has a mind of its own, changing colors, even showing text to the audience
** The characters reach out of the
** The letterbox has a mind of its own, changing colors, even showing text to the audience
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** Horizontal video on a vertical screen
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** Horizontal video on a vertical screenscreen, or visa versa
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'''Basic trope:''' Showing the entirety of an image in a screen with a different AspectRatio, with rectangular bars (usually black) filling in the unused space.
* '''Straight:'''
** A 2.39:1 frame on a 16:9 screen
** A 16:9 frame on a 4:3 screen
* '''Exaggerated:'''
** A 2.39:1 frame or wider on a 4:3 screen
** Horizontal video on a vertical screen
** Black bars on all sides, aka Windowbox
* '''Downplayed:'''
** A 1.85:1 frame on a 16:9 screen
** A 14:9[[labelnote:why?]]because 14:9 was chosen as a compromise between 4:3 (12:9) and 16:9 when transitioning to HDTV. More info on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14:9_aspect_ratio the other wiki]].[[/labelnote]] frame on a 4:3 screen
* '''Lampshaded:''' "These black bars make it much more cinematic"
* '''Justified:''' The director specifically shot and blocked the movie for widescreen, and letterbox format shows the whole frame
* '''Enforced:''' The director will not allow PanAndScan, Open Matte or [[VisualCompression squished]] releases
* '''Inverted:''' PanAndScan
* '''Subverted:''' The opening credits were letterboxed, but the movie is PanAndScan
* '''Double Subverted:''' Until an AspectRatioSwitch reveals only the first scene is in the TV's ratio
* '''Parodied:''' The characters reach out of the letterbox
* '''ZigZagged:''' The video is letterboxed, then stablized. That means the letterbox appears to move semi-randomly
* '''Averted:'''
** Pan and Scan, Visual Compression or Open Matte is used
** The movie has the same aspect ratio as the TV
* '''PlayedForLaughs:''' The letterbox doesn't like one of the characters, and hides them
* '''PlayedForHorror:''' [[AspectRatioSwitch The letterbox closes in to create claustrophobia]]
* '''Exploited:''' [[BehindTheBlack The letterbox hides things until the character (and the audience) notices them]]
* '''Straight:'''
** A 2.39:1 frame on a 16:9 screen
** A 16:9 frame on a 4:3 screen
* '''Exaggerated:'''
** A 2.39:1 frame or wider on a 4:3 screen
** Horizontal video on a vertical screen
** Black bars on all sides, aka Windowbox
* '''Downplayed:'''
** A 1.85:1 frame on a 16:9 screen
** A 14:9[[labelnote:why?]]because 14:9 was chosen as a compromise between 4:3 (12:9) and 16:9 when transitioning to HDTV. More info on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14:9_aspect_ratio the other wiki]].[[/labelnote]] frame on a 4:3 screen
* '''Lampshaded:''' "These black bars make it much more cinematic"
* '''Justified:''' The director specifically shot and blocked the movie for widescreen, and letterbox format shows the whole frame
* '''Enforced:''' The director will not allow PanAndScan, Open Matte or [[VisualCompression squished]] releases
* '''Inverted:''' PanAndScan
* '''Subverted:''' The opening credits were letterboxed, but the movie is PanAndScan
* '''Double Subverted:''' Until an AspectRatioSwitch reveals only the first scene is in the TV's ratio
* '''Parodied:''' The characters reach out of the letterbox
* '''ZigZagged:''' The video is letterboxed, then stablized. That means the letterbox appears to move semi-randomly
* '''Averted:'''
** Pan and Scan, Visual Compression or Open Matte is used
** The movie has the same aspect ratio as the TV
* '''PlayedForLaughs:''' The letterbox doesn't like one of the characters, and hides them
* '''PlayedForHorror:''' [[AspectRatioSwitch The letterbox closes in to create claustrophobia]]
* '''Exploited:''' [[BehindTheBlack The letterbox hides things until the character (and the audience) notices them]]
