anamorphic

Shallow focus and wide anamorphic lenses reinforce Mariko as the subject while sweeping overhead shots provide scope and scale.

And like most things, we do that through the gauzy anamorphic lens of Hollywood.

First of all, I just really like wide, anamorphic frames.

I saw him use anamorphic lenses and lighting in ways that I was blown away.

Percival notes that since anamorphic lenses yield a wider, more cinematic aspect ratio than standard television fare, “If you were to take our dailies, they would be in Scope” — CinemaScope, the super-widescreen format.