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A [[Camera Tricks|Camera Trick]] where, in order to show focus on a particular thing, two black bars will emerge from the top and bottom of the screen in order to bring about some drama by changing the aspect ratio, [[Letterbox]]-like. Often done with eyes in order to showcase the intense stare of our hero, who nine times out of ten is staring down his opponent, but not exclusively. Said bars are often accompanied by a nifty sound effect. Possibly originates from attempts by producers of TV to recreate the same intense effect that [[Sergio Leone]] achieved with his massive closeups in his [[Spaghetti Western]] films -- whichfilms—which don't work so well in non-widescreen shots.

* ''[[Event Horizon]]'': Played with to horrifying effect, where {{spoiler|you get a wonderful close-up of Sam Neill's eye sockets after he has gouged his eyes out, while he bellows and rants like only a possessed Sam Neill can.}} Not exactly this trope, because of course the film is already in a letterbox, and possibly an homage to those old [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti Westerns]]s.

* Done in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' with General Grievous when he's threatening Obi Wan. Loses some impact in the pan-and-scan cut of the film, though--histhough—his eyes are spread wide apart compared to a human character, so the camera ends up centered on his forehead, with his actual eyes ''just'' off screen.

* Brutally parodied in an episode of ''[[Yam Roll]]'' -- the—the letterbox effect gets smaller and smaller until you can hardly tell what it's focusing on.