Okuzeka
Film & Television vocabulary · Editing and Post-Production

Pillarboxing

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, pillarboxing means: Displaying a narrow image in a wider screen shape with bars at the sides, preserving the full picture.

In Turkish: yan siyah bantlı gösterim

How it is used

Used for older narrow-format footage within a wider programme frame.

Example sentences

  1. Pillarboxing preserved the old interview without stretching the speaker's face.

    Side bars let the original proportions stay intact.

  2. We added pillarboxing to the archive clips in the widescreen documentary.

    Different source shapes can share one delivery format.

Common collocations

  • add pillarboxing
  • pillarboxing on archive footage
  • editingThe work of choosing, ordering and joining shots so that they tell the story with the right rhythm, emotion and meaning.
  • post-productionAll the work done on a film after the shoot ends, including editing, visual effects, color grading, sound design, music and the final mix.

More terms: Editing and Post-Production

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: