
A specially constructed lens that squeezes a wide angle view into about half its width on film, or re-expands the image upon projection. Designed for widescreen photography and projection.
An anamorphic lens produces a ‘squeezed’ image onto film in the camera. When the processed film is projected on a screen, an appropriate lens reverses the effect, and the image spreads out to lifelike proportions.
The anamorphic process was designed for widescreen motion picture photography and projection.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.