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Meaning of "CinemaScope" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CINEMASCOPE

CinemaScope  [ˈsɪnɪməˌskəʊp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CINEMASCOPE

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Cinemascope is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CINEMASCOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

CinemaScope

CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used for shooting wide screen movies from 1953 to 1967. Its creation in 1953, by the president of 20th Century-Fox, Spyros P. Skouras, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection. The anamorphic lenses theoretically allowed the process to create an image of up to a 2.66:1 aspect ratio, almost twice as wide as the previously common Academy format's 1.37:1 ratio. Although the CinemaScope lens system was made obsolete by new technological developments, primarily advanced by Panavision, the CinemaScope anamorphic format has continued to this day. In film-industry jargon, the shortened form, 'Scope, is still widely used by both filmmakers and projectionists, although today it generally refers to any 2.35:1, 2.39:1, or 2.40:1 presentation or, sometimes, the use of anamorphic lensing or projection in particular. Bausch & Lomb won a 1954 Oscar for its development of the CinemaScope lens.

Definition of CinemaScope in the English dictionary

The definition of CinemaScope in the dictionary is ® an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CINEMASCOPE


arthroscope
ˈɑːθrəˌskəʊp
bioscope
ˈbaɪəˌskəʊp
bronchoscope
ˈbrɒŋkəˌskəʊp
chronoscope
ˈkrɒnəˌskəʊp
colonoscope
kəˈlɒnəˌskəʊp
colposcope
ˈkɒlpəˌskəʊp
diascope
ˈdaɪəˌskəʊp
gyroscope
ˈdʒaɪrəˌskəʊp
horoscope
ˈhɒrəˌskəʊp
kaleidoscope
kəˈlaɪdəˌskəʊp
laparoscope
ˈlæpərəˌskəʊp
laryngoscope
ləˈrɪŋɡəˌskəʊp
microscope
ˈmaɪkrəˌskəʊp
ophthalmoscope
ɒfˈθælməˌskəʊp
oscilloscope
ɒˈsɪləˌskəʊp
rotoscope
ˈrəʊtəˌskəʊp
spectroscope
ˈspɛktrəˌskəʊp
stereoscope
ˈstɛrɪəˌskəʊp
stethoscope
ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp
stroboscope
ˈstrəʊbəˌskəʊp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CINEMASCOPE

Cineplex
Cinerama

WORDS THAT END LIKE CINEMASCOPE

astronomical telescope
borescope
compound microscope
confocal microscope
cope
electron microscope
endoscope
fluoroscope
Hubble space telescope
Hubble telescope
kinescope
kinetoscope
otoscope
periscope
polariscope
radio telescope
scanning electron microscope
scope
syncope
telescope

Synonyms and antonyms of CinemaScope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «CinemaScope» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CINEMASCOPE

Find out the translation of CinemaScope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of CinemaScope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «CinemaScope» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

银幕电影
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

CinemaScope
570 millions of speakers

English

CinemaScope
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिनेमास्कोप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سينما سكوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

CinemaScope
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

CinemaScope
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিনেমাস্কোপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

CinemaScope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

CinemaScope
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cinemascope
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シネマスコープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시네마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

CinemaScope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy chụp ảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சினிமாஸ்கோப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिनेमास्कोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sinemaskop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

CinemaScope
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

CinemaScope
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

CinemaScope
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cinemascop
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σινεμασκόπ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

CinemaScope
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cinema
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

CinemaScope
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of CinemaScope

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMASCOPE»

The term «CinemaScope» is regularly used and occupies the 95.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMASCOPE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about CinemaScope

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QUOTES WITH «CINEMASCOPE»

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Fritz Lang
Cinemascope is not for men, but for snakes and funerals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CINEMASCOPE»

Discover the use of CinemaScope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to CinemaScope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
CinemaScope Two: 20th Century-Fox
If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today.
John Reid, 2005
2
CinemaScope One: Stupendous in 'Scope
A broad introduction to CinemaScope and other widescreen movies, including full credits for 85 sample films, a description of various anamorphic processes, plus background information for movie fans.
John Reid, 2004
3
CinemaScope 3: HOLLYWOOD TAKES the PLUNGE
John Howard Reid. McCallum, the creep in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., for being inhuman to an eel? Not at all. They don't even mention their respective TV shows or occasionally make pointed reference to their ratings in order to assert ...
John Howard Reid, 2006
4
American Culture in the 1950s
widescreen format – Fox's CinemaScope – was much more successful in establishing an alternative to the academy ratio format. CinemaScope helped to revolutionize how films were constructed and dramatically changed the experience of ...
Martin Halliwell, 2007
5
Bazin at Work: Major Essays and Reviews From the Forties and ...
Bazin at Work is the first English collection of disparate Bazin writings since the appearance of the second volume of What Is Cinema? in 1971.
Andre Bazin, Bert Cardullo, 2014
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Coming Soon: Film Trailers and the Selling of Hollywood ...
The use of the technological star of CinemaScope as a central sales message starts to diminish in 1955, as genres and new technology begin to dominate the industry. The ascendancy of genre, narrative, and stars in increasingly hybridized  ...
Keith M. Johnston, 2009
7
Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History
Having achieved its goal of converting the industry to CinemaScope, with 13,175 out of 15,783 U.S. cinemas equipped for anamorphic projection within two years of its introduction, Fox had also paradoxically reduced the value of its own ...
Sheldon Hall, Steve Neale, 2010
8
Cahiers Du Cinéma, the 1950s: Neo-realism, Hollywood, New Wave
('Vertus cardinales du Cinémascope', Cahiers du Cinéma 31 , January 1954, written under his real name, Maurice Schérer) It is primarily a medical point. In putting a premium on the back rows, the mass of cinemagoers show a devotion to  ...
Jim Hillier, 1985
9
Transforming the Screen, 1950-1959
Perhaps inspired by the Biblical subject, Wilkerson concluded that CinemaScope was the "Moses" that would lead Hollywood "out of a film wilderness." Variety's review was similarly effusive, comparing The Robe's release to the impact of The  ...
Peter Lev, 2003
10
Letterboxed: The Evolution of Widescreen Cinema
“Loew countered that no matter how the movie was shot, it would be projected in CinemaScope across the country” (272). 7. For a spectacle Western such as The Big Trail, this also requires more extras, cattle, horses, wagons, and so forth. 8.
Harper Cossar, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CINEMASCOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term CinemaScope is used in the context of the following news items.
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Diplomatica: Push on for a monument for fallen foreign service workers
Swedish Ambassador Per Sjorgen hosted a farewell reception for departing diplomat, Britt Bengtsson, and featuring Nils Berg Cinemascope ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
2
Halifax Jazz Festival: Sharon Jones finds strength on stage after …
Bus Stop: Tin Men & the Telephone, Nils Berg Cinemascope, 9 p.m.. Company House: Holly Arsenault & Roddy Ellias, 8 p.m.; Heavyweights ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
3
Watch: First International Trailer For Pablo Larrain's Berlin Film …
Starring Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell, Alejandro Goic and Francisco Reyes and shot beautifully in Cinemascope, the story ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
4
3-D films all the way back to '20s at Smith Rafael Film Center
Projection of 3-D was often troubled, and when CinemaScope and bigger screens were introduced in 1954, studios decided that 3-D just ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
Rome with a view
Like a super wide-angle, stellar opening shot of a film in cinemascope, the sheer sight grips you in awe and wonder as an expansive breadth of ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
6
Gueco: IMax
In the 1950s CinemaScope (1953) and VistaVision (1954) widened the image from 35 mm film, following multi-projector systems such as ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
7
Baahubali 4K Format print screened
Just finished checking the large Format 4K Print (1:1.88) of ?#?Baahubali? as compared to Cinemascope (1:2.35). For the First Time on the ... «IndiaGlitz.com, Jul 15»
8
Tangerine: How One of the Most Stunning Movies of the Year Was …
... the market, but had the potential to create a 2:35 Cinemascope ratio from footage shot on a smartphone. Baker reached out to the company, ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
9
'Independence Day: Resurgence' Teaser Attached to 'Terminator …
(Another theater chain told us it is a CinemaScope format trailer, running 37 seconds.) But before you go buying your tickets to catch the latest ... «/FILM, Jul 15»
10
Exclusive Clip: GKIDS Presents 'Zarafa'
... and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, ... «Animation Magazine, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cinemascope [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cinemascope>. May 2024 ».
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