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The aspect ratio of a film is the ratio of its width to its height. In layman’s terms, it defines the size of the black bars you see on the screen when watching a film. It may seem like a technicality ...

Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles ...

The aspect ratio states the comparison of width to height and is commonly used to describe the shape of a TV or computer screen. For example, the aspect ratio of an earlier standard-definition (SD) ...