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The resulting video-graphic image has <a href="/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking)" title="Matte (filmmaking)">mattes</a> of empty space above and below it; these mattes are part of each frame of the video signal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterboxing_(filming)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term refers to the shape of a <a href="/wiki/Letter-box" class="mw-redirect" title="Letter-box">letter-box</a>, a slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered, being rectangular and wider than it is high.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_home_video_use">Early home video use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterboxing_(filming)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early home video use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first use of letter-boxing in consumer video appeared with the <a href="/wiki/RCA" title="RCA">RCA</a> <a href="/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc" title="Capacitance Electronic Disc">Capacitance Electronic Disc</a> (CED) videodisc format. Initially, letter-boxing was limited to several key sequences of a film such as opening and closing credits, but was later used for entire films. The first fully letter-boxed CED release was <i><a href="/wiki/Amarcord" title="Amarcord">Amarcord</a></i>, and several others followed including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_(film)" title="The Long Goodbye (film)">The Long Goodbye</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail" title="Monty Python and the Holy Grail">Monty Python and the Holy Grail</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(1966_film)" title="King of Hearts (1966 film)">The King of Hearts</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-haines_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haines-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each disc contains a label noting the use of "RCA's innovative wide-screen mastering technique".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_cinema_and_home_video">In cinema and home video</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterboxing_(filming)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In cinema and home video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="SmileBox"></span>The term "SmileBox" is a registered trademark<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used to describe a type of letter-boxing for <a href="/wiki/Cinerama" title="Cinerama">Cinerama</a> films, such as on the <a href="/wiki/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film)#Restoration" title="How the West Was Won (film)">Blu-ray release</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film)" title="How the West Was Won (film)">How the West Was Won</a></i>. The image is produced by using a <a href="/wiki/Map_projection" title="Map projection">map projection</a>-like technique to approximate how the picture might look if projected onto a curved Cinerama screen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On_television">On television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterboxing_(filming)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: On television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Digital broadcasting allows 1.78:1 widescreen format transmissions without losing resolution, and thus widescreen is the television norm. Most television channels in Europe are broadcasting standard-definition programming in <a href="/wiki/16:9_aspect_ratio" title="16:9 aspect ratio">1.78:1</a>, while in the USA, these are down-scaled to letterbox. When using a 1.33:1 screen, it is possible to display such programming in either a letter-boxing format or in a 1.33:1 center-cut format (where the edges of the picture are lost). </p><p>A letter-boxed <a href="/wiki/14:9_aspect_ratio" title="14:9 aspect ratio">1.56:1</a> compromise ratio was often broadcast in analogue transmissions in European countries making the transition from 1.33:1 to 1.78:1. In addition, recent years have seen an increase of "fake" <a href="/wiki/Anamorphic_format" title="Anamorphic format">2.40:1</a> letterbox <a href="/wiki/Open_matte" title="Open matte">mattes</a> on television to give the impression of a cinema film, often seen in adverts, trailers or tv such as <i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Current <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition television</a> systems use video displays with a wider aspect ratio than older television sets, making it easier to accurately display widescreen films. In addition to films produced for the cinema, some television programming is produced in high definition widescreen. </p><p>On a widescreen television set, a 1.78:1 image fills the screen; however, 21:9 aspect ratio films are letter-boxed with narrow mattes. Because the 1.85:1 aspect ratio does not match the 1.78:1 aspect ratio of widescreen video, slight letter-boxing occurs. Usually, such matting of 1.85:1 film is eliminated to match the 1.78:1 aspect ratio in the image transference. </p><p>Letterbox mattes are not necessarily black. <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> has used blue mattes for many of their TV ads, yellow mattes in their "I am Superman" <a href="/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Notes" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM Lotus Notes">Lotus</a> ads, and green mattes in ads about efficiency & environmental sustainability. Others uses of colored mattes appear in ads from <a href="/wiki/Allstate" title="Allstate">Allstate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleve" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleve">Aleve</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kodak" title="Kodak">Kodak</a> among others, and in music videos such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zebraheads&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zebraheads (page does not exist)">Zebraheads</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Playmate_of_the_Year_(album)" title="Playmate of the Year (album)">Playmate of the Year</a>". In other instances mattes are animated, such as in the music video for "<a href="/wiki/Never_Gonna_Stop_(The_Red_Red_Kroovy)" title="Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)">Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)</a>", and even parodied such as the final scene of the <a href="/wiki/Axel_F#Music_video" title="Axel F">Crazy Frog Axel F music video</a> in which <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Frog" title="Crazy Frog">Crazy Frog</a> peeks over the matte on the lower edge of the screen with part of his hands overlapping the matte. Similar to breaking the border of a comic's <a href="/wiki/Panel_(comics)" title="Panel (comics)">panel</a>, it is a form of <a href="/wiki/Breaking_the_fourth_wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Breaking the fourth wall">breaking the fourth wall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2016 <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)" title="Ghostbusters (2016 film)">Ghostbusters</a></i> exploited the edges for its <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D effects</a>, with visual effects that "spilled over" into the letter-boxed areas.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The table below shows which TV lines will contain picture information when letterbox pictures are displayed on either 1.33:1 or 1.78:1 screens. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Aspect Ratio on 1.33:1 screen</th> <th colspan="2" align="center">525 Line System</th> <th colspan="2" align="center">625 Line System</th> <th align="center">Aspect Ratio on 1.78:1 screen</th> <th colspan="2" align="center">525 Line System</th> <th colspan="2" align="center">625 Line System</th> <th colspan="2" align="center">1080 HD Line System </th></tr> <tr> <th>1.33:1 </th> <td align="center">21–263</td> <td align="center">284–525</td> <td align="center">23–310</td> <td align="center">336–623</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <th>1.56:1 </th> <td align="center">40–245</td> <td align="center">302–508</td> <td align="center">44–289</td> <td align="center">357–602</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">—</td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <th>1.78:1 </th> <td align="center">52–232</td> <td align="center">315–495</td> <td align="center">59–282</td> <td align="center">372–587</td> <td align="center"><b>1.78:1</b></td> <td align="center">21–263</td> <td align="center">284–525</td> <td align="center">23–310</td> <td align="center">336–623</td> <td align="center">21–560</td> <td align="center">584–1123 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1.85:1 </th> <td align="center">56–229</td> <td align="center">320–491</td> <td align="center">64–270</td> <td align="center">376–582</td> <td align="center"><b>1.85:1</b></td> <td align="center">26–257</td> <td align="center">289–520</td> <td align="center">29–304</td> <td align="center">342–617</td> <td align="center">31–549</td> <td align="center">594–1112 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2.40:1 </th> <td align="center">73–209</td> <td align="center">336–472</td> <td align="center">85–248</td> <td align="center">398–561</td> <td align="center"><b>2.40:1</b></td> <td align="center">50–231</td> <td align="center">313–495</td> <td align="center">58–275</td> <td align="center">371–588</td> <td align="center">86–494</td> <td align="center">649–1057 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pillar-boxing_and_window-boxing">Pillar-boxing and window-boxing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Letterboxing_(filming)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pillar-boxing and window-boxing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Pillarbox" title="Pillarbox">Pillarbox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windowbox_(filmmaking)" title="Windowbox (filmmaking)">Windowbox (filmmaking)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windowboxed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Windowboxed.jpg/290px-Windowboxed.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Windowboxed.jpg/435px-Windowboxed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Windowboxed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="288" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Windowbox_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Windowbox (film)">window-boxing</a> image</figcaption></figure> <p>Pillar-boxing is the display of an image within a wider image frame by adding lateral mattes (vertical bars at the sides); for example, a 1.33:1 image has lateral mattes when displayed on a 16:9 aspect ratio television screen. </p><p>An alternative to pillar-boxing is "tilt-and-scan" (like <a href="/wiki/Pan_and_scan" title="Pan and scan">pan and scan</a>, but vertical), horizontally matting the original 1.33:1 television images to the 1.78:1 aspect ratio. At any given moment this crops part of the top and/or bottom of the frame, hence the need for the "tilt" component. A tilt is a camera move in which the camera tilts up or down, or in this case a selection of the upper and/or lower part of the image to omit. </p><p>Window-boxing occurs when an image appears centered in a television screen, with blank space on all four sides of the image,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as when a widescreen image that has been previously letter-boxed to fit 1.33:1 is then pillar-boxed to fit 1.78:1. It is also called "matchbox", "gutter box", and "postage stamp" display. This occurs on the DVD editions of the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a></i> films on a 1.33:1 tv when the included widescreen documentaries show footage from the original series. It is also seen in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Crocodile_Hunter:_Collision_Course" title="The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course">The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course</a></i>, which displays widescreen pillar-boxing with 1.85:1 scenes in a 2.40:1 frame that is subsequently letter-boxed. It is common to see window-boxed commercials on tv networks, because many commercials are shot in 1.78:1 but distributed to networks in non-widescreen, letter-boxed to fit 1.33:1.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Without some reference to this practice, this sounds like OR. 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