Talk:Motion picture terminology

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OAR is an acronym for Original Aspect Ratio. OAR has been getting a lot of talk of late in Home Theater circles, not sure I'm 100% on the bandwagon. The basic premise is always keeping the original aspect ratio of a film or video intact when released on DVD. Read more here.

[edit] what happened here?

A zillion entries up to letter H and then it nearly stops; did somebody lose interest? Jgm 02:05, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Apparently, yes. See this series of edits from June 2005. -- Quiddity (talk) 07:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] dissimilarities

In tracking shot, the shot is known as "a tracking shot, also known as a dolly" but dolly zoom uses the alternate name given in tracking shot for its name. Huh? -Gohst (talk) 22:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)