This is essentially what is happening on a âWidescreenâ video: The full film picture is visible, but it is scaled down to fit within the TV screen width. The empty space is rendered as the least-distracting thing possible: a large expanse of black above and below the picture (this is known as letterboxing).
In basketball, a foul is an infraction of the rules more serious than a violation. 1  Most fouls occur as a result of illegal personal contact with an opponent and/or unsportsmanlike behavior. Fouls can result in one or more of the following penalties: 2  The team whose player committed the foul loses possession of the ball to the other team.
Macbeth's very opening line is So foul and fair a day I have not yet seen :so many men have been slaughtered in battle, yet he has achieved a great victory. The words are echoed by the witches in the form, Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air. Witches at that time were creatures of the night and the devil. They gravitate to what is foul and shun the fair (as Dracula hides from the sun centuries later).