PAN AND SCAN Definition & Meaning

pan and scan

[ pan uhn skan ]

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noun

Television.

a technique for changing the aspect ratio of a wide-screen film, usually by selecting the significant section of each film frame and cropping the sides, so that it can be transmitted in 4:3 aspect ratio.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

pan-and-scan adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pan and scan¹

First recorded in 1980–85; pan ²( def ), scan ( def 6 )

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In the 1970s, widescreen films would be shown cropped at either side to fit the small screen – the "pan and scan" approach – but often not at the beginning and the end, weirdly.

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There was nothing but great music married with talking heads, pan and scan of old photographs and get to the creeks at sunset.

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