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Shoot and protect is a technique used in video and film production, in which the material is shot in such a way that the areas of interest within a frame lie within a rectangular "protected area" within the frame, with margins at top and bottom and both sides.[1][2] Theaction safe andcaption safe areas then lie within this protected area.[3] This allows the resulting material to be cropped to any of a wide range ofaspect ratios, whether wider or narrower than the shooting format, without losing the most important features of each shot or having to resort topan and scan orletterboxing. A14:9 safe area is often chosen as a compromise between4:3 and16:9 frame formats.
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