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Framing, aspect ratio & safe areas · Working

Pillarbox

ELI5

Vertical bars added when a narrower image is displayed inside a wider frame without cropping.

Used in conversation

“The current cut needs a clearer decision about the pillarbox.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

  • LetterboxComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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