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In cinematography and photography, full frame or flat filming captures all of the desired image along with additional visual information surrounding the target frame. One advantage of using full frame filming is that it gives the filmmaker a larger picture to work with when creating a pan and scan transfer of the film; one of the disadvantages is that it does not make optimal use of the available film area for widescreen versions, as anamorphic widescreen does.
When projecting a full frame film onto a wide theatrical screen, part of the image must be masked out; this process is known as soft matte. Widescreen video transfers similarly crop out the additional video. A pan and scan transfer of the film, however, may more effectively make use of the additional picture, though it may contain unwanted objects such as boom microphones, stage hands, or other props that would not have been visible in the widescreen version. Using the full frame does, however, allow viewers to see more of the full picture without letterbox bars.Template:Filming-stub