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1. #FINAL FIGHT 3 BLACK BORDERS ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF SCREEN MOVIE#
2. #FINAL FIGHT 3 BLACK BORDERS ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF SCREEN TV#

Although that was technically a silent film ratio, it was close enough that hardly anyone noticed the difference, much less complained about it. The first televisions followed the lead set by theatrical features and adopted a very similar screen shape of 1.33:1. Countless classic films such as Gone with the Wind, It's a Wonderful Life, and Casablanca were photographed in this ratio. The advent of the talkies brought the first major push for standardization around a ratio of 1.37:1, known as the Academy Ratio, which persisted as the dominant format through most of Hollywood's Golden Age.

#FINAL FIGHT 3 BLACK BORDERS ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF SCREEN MOVIE#

During the silent film era, the exact ratio of any particular movie might vary depending upon the camera process or projector type used, but they mostly fell into a range of approximately 1.20:1 to about 1.33:1. When motion picture photography was invented in the late 1800s, the first examples had a roughly squarish shape. A Quick History of Aspect Ratios in Movies

#FINAL FIGHT 3 BLACK BORDERS ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF SCREEN TV#

Why is this happening? Is there a genuine purpose behind it or is it just a pretentious fad? Addressing those questions will require a look back at the reasons why movies and TV shows don't have just one standard shape. The trend of making television shows wider than the usual 16:9 aspect ratio first started on streaming platforms, but soon snuck into cable programming and has even recently crept into shows on major broadcast networks. One that's caught on in a big way is the decision to break free from the confines of a standard TV shape. In the Peak TV era, many content creators have experimented with ways to make their television shows look and feel more cinematic, like theatrical feature films. Nevertheless, until recently, almost all TV shows and made-for-TV movies were photographed with the intention of fitting perfectly onto a television screen, filling the edges from top to bottom and side to side. The rise of the DVD format in the late 1990s started to educate people about how theatrical movies often came in different shapes that required letterboxing to preserve their Original Aspect Ratios, and the transition from standard definition to HDTV moved everyone away from the boxy 4:3 TVs of old to a wider standard. In times past, most viewers took it for granted that any video content they watched on their TVs would fill the entire screen with image.