IADT Blogs  Cinematic Storytelling 2-35-1 Wide Screen
Composition  November 5, 2013 IADT General, Cinema Production 0
Comments  Cinema Storytelling: 2:35:1 Wide-Screen
Composition2.35:1 wide-screen, developed as Cinemascope in the
1950s and then Panavision in the 1960s, is an extremely wide
aspect ratio. And what is aspect ratio?  FilmmakerIQ defines
aspect ratio as image height versus image width so 2.35:1 is
2.35 times as wide as it is tall. It is the widest aspect ratio
in use in commercial cinema today. It is so wide that it allows
characters and other story elements to be placed within the
frame left-to-right without having to pan the camera. This means
that your audience can look left and right, deciding which
element in cinematic storytelling is important to look at in any
given time while retaining a sense of overall grandeur in the
viewing experience.  Cinema was created using a 1.33:1 or 4x3
aspect ratio, meaning it looked slightly wider than a square.
This is rather narrow by today's standards. Wit