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Frame lines shown in red on a "full-frame" negative, and a 1:1,85 projection print, both on 35 mm film.

A frame line is the unused space that separates two adjacent images, "frames", on a piece of motion picture film. It can vary in width; it is approx. 8 mm / 0.3" wide on a common "hard matted" 35 mm print of 1:1,85 aspect ratio, but very narrow on a "full-frame" negative, or in a CinemaScope print, where the frames practically touch each other.

The wider the frame line, the more space is being wasted on it and the less space being used for the image itself.

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 [[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.]]
-A '''frame line''' is the space that separates two adjacent images, "[[Film frame|frames]]", on a piece of [[film|motion picture film]]. It can vary in width; it is approx. 8 mm / 0.3" wide on a common "[[Matte (filmmaking)#Mattes and Widescreen Filming|hard matte]]d" [[35 mm]] [[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.
+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 approx. 8 mm / 0.3" wide on a common "[[Matte (filmmaking)#Mattes and Widescreen Filming|hard matte]]d" [[35 mm]] [[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.
+The wider the frame line, the more space is being wasted on it and the less space being used for the image itself.