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Frame lines shown in red on a "full-frame" negative, and on a "hard-matted" 1.85:1 projection print, both on 35 mm film.

A frame line is the unused space that separates two adjacent images, or film frames, on the release print of a motion picture. They can vary in width; a 35 mm film with a 1.85:1 hard matte has a frame line approximately 8 mm (0.3 in) high, whereas both a full frame negative and the anamorphic format have very narrow frame lines, with the frames very close together. When a film is properly projected, the frame lines should not be visible to the audience and are typically cropped out in projection with an aperture mask.

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+{{short description|Unused space between two film frames}}
-[[Image:framelines.gif|thumb|150px|Frame lines shown in red on a "full-frame" negative, and a 1:1.85 projection print, both on [[35 mm]] film.]]
+{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
-A '''frame line''' is the unused space that separates two adjacent images, "[[Film frame|frames]]", on a piece of [[film|motion picture film]]. It can vary in width; it is approximately 8 millimietres (0.3 in) wide on a common "[[Matte (filmmaking)#Mattes and Widescreen Filming|hard matte]]d" [[35 mm film|35-millimetre]] [[print]] of 1:1.85 [[Aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]], but very narrow on a "full-frame" negative, or in a [[CinemaScope]] print, where the frames practically touch each other.
+[[Image:Framelines.gif|thumb|Frame lines shown in red on a "full-frame" negative, and on a "hard-matted" 1.85:1 projection print, both on [[35mm movie film|35 mm]] film.]]
+A '''frame line''' is the unused space that separates two adjacent images, or [[film frame]]s, on the [[release print]] of a [[film|motion picture]]. They can vary in width; a [[35 mm movie film|35&nbsp;mm film]] with a [[aspect ratio (image)|1.85:1]] [[Matte (filmmaking)#Mattes and widescreen filming|hard matte]] has a frame line approximately {{cvt|8|mm|inch|1}} high, whereas both a [[full frame (cinematography)|full frame]] negative and the [[anamorphic format]] have very narrow frame lines, with the frames very close together. When a film is properly projected, the frame lines should not be visible to the audience and are typically cropped out in [[movie projector|projection]] with an aperture mask.
+==See also==
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+*[[Letterboxing (filming)|Letterbox]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Frame Line}}
+[[Category:Film and video technology]]
+[[Category:Film and video terminology]]
+{{film-term-stub}}