A strip of 16 mm film consisting of many frames

A film frame, or just frame, is one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing The individual frames are separated by frame lines. A frame line is the unused space that separates two adjacent images or Film frames on the Release print of a motion picture. Normally, 24 frames are needed for one second of film. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units In ordinary filming, the frames are photographed automatically, one after the other, in a movie camera. This article is about motion picture film cameras See Video camera for cameras which record images electronically In special effects or animation filming, the frames are often shot one at a time. The illusions used in the Film, Television, Theater, or Entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames

The term may also be used more generally as a noun or verb to refer to the edges of the image as seen in a camera viewfinder or projected on a screen. Thus, the camera operator can be said to keep a car in frame by panning with it as it speeds past.

The size of a film frame varies, depending on the still film format or the motion picture film format. A film format is a technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on Photographic film, for either stills or movies This list of Film formats catalogues formats developed for shooting or viewing Motion pictures, ranging from the Chronophotographe format from 1888 to mid-20th century In the smallest 8 mm amateur format for motion pictures film, it is only about 4,8 by 3,5 mm, while an IMAX frame is as large as 69. 8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight Millimeters wide IMAX (short for Image MAXimum is a Film format created by Canada 's IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and 6 by 48. 5 mm. The larger the frame size is in relation to the size of the projection screen, the sharper the image will appear. Projection screens are installations consisting of blank surface and a support structure used for displaying a projected Image for the view of an audience

The size of the film frame of motion picture film also depends on the location of the holes, the size of the holes, the shape of the holes. This list of Film formats catalogues formats developed for shooting or viewing Motion pictures, ranging from the Chronophotographe format from 1888 to mid-20th century and the location and type of sound stripe.

The most common film format, 35 mm, has a frame size of 22 by 16 mm when used in a still 35 mm camera where the film moves horizontal but the frame size varies when used for motion picture where the film moves vertically (with the exception of VistaVision where the film moves horizontally). 35 mm film is the basic Film gauge most commonly used for both still Photography and Motion pictures, and remains relatively unchanged since its

Video frame

In film, video production, animation, and related fields, a frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Historically, these were recorded on a long strip of photographic film, and each image looked rather like a framed picture when examined individually, hence the name. This article is mainly concerned with Still photography film For Motion picture film please see Film stock.

When the moving picture is displayed, each frame is flashed on a screen for a short time (nowadays, usually 1/24th, 1/25th or 1/30th of a second) and then immediately replaced by the next one. Persistence of vision blends the frames together, producing the illusion of a moving image. Persistence of vision is the phenomenon of the eye by which even nanoseconds of exposure to an image result in milliseconds of reaction (sight from the retina to the optic nerves This article is about visual perception See Optical Illusion (Album for information about the Time Requiem album

The video frame is also sometimes used as a unit of time, being variously 1/24, 1/25 or 1/30 of a second, so that a momentary event might be said to last 6 frames.

The frame rate, the rate at which sequential frames are presented, varies according to the video standard in use. Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of the Frequency (rate at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames The In North America and Japan, 30 frames per second is the broadcast standard, with 24 frame/s now common in production for high-definition video. In much of the rest of the world, 25 frame/s is standard.

In film projection, 24 frame/s is the norm, except in some special venue systems, such as IMAX, Showscan and Iwerks 70, where 30, 48 or even 60 frame/s have been used. IMAX (short for Image MAXimum is a Film format created by Canada 's IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and Showscan is a cinema process developed by Douglas Trumbull. Like some other spectacular wide-screen processes it utilizes 70 mm film but Showscan films and projects at a frame Silent films and 8 mm amateur movies used 16 or 18 frame/s. 8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight Millimeters wide

Showing film frames in animation and movies

Some humor in animation is based on the fourth wall aspect of the film frame itself, with some animation showing characters leaving what is assumed to be the edge of the film or the film malfunctioning. The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play This latter one is used often in films as well. This hearkens back to some early cartoons, where characters were aware of the fact they were in a cartoon, specifically the fact they could look at the credits and be aware of something that isn't part of the story as presented. These jokes include -

• Split frames - Where the fourth wall is broken by two frames, the lower half of the previous frame and the upper part of the next frame, showing at once, with jokes involving them including a character crossing the frame itself.
• Film Break - A famous form of joke, where the film either snaps or is deliberately broken, with often the fourth wall coming into play during this period when, rightfully, there should be nothing on screen.
• Exiting the frame - This joke, an extension of the split frames joke, has characters depart from the sides of the frame, sometimes finding themselves falling out of the cartoon entirely.

See also

• Aspect ratio (image)
• Frame rate
• List of film formats
• Widescreen
• Shot (film)

External links

• The image areas on a 35 mm film frame