Editing Lady and the Tramp (section)

====CinemaScope====
{{Further|CinemaScope}}
Originally, ''Lady and the Tramp'' was planned to be filmed in a regular [[full frame (cinematography)|full frame]] [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]]. However, due to the growing interest of [[widescreen]] film among movie-goers, Disney decided to animate the film in [[CinemaScope]] making ''Lady and the Tramp'' the first animated feature filmed in the process.<ref name="archive"/> This new innovation presented additional problems for the animators: the expansion of space created more realism but gave fewer closeups.<ref name="thomas"/> It also made it difficult for a single character to dominate the screen so that groups had to be spread out to keep the screen from appearing sparse.<ref name="archive"/> Longer takes become necessary since constant jump-cutting would seem too busy or annoying.<ref name="finch"/> Layout artists essentially had to reinvent their technique. Animators had to remember that they had to move their characters across a background instead of the background passing behind them.<ref name="thomas"/> Yet the animators overcame these obstacles during the action scenes, such as Tramp killing the rat.<ref name="finch"/>

More problems arose as the premiere date got closer since not all theaters had the capability to show CinemaScope at the time. Upon learning this, Walt issued two versions of the film: one in widescreen, and another in the [[Academy ratio]]. This involved gathering the layout artists to restructure key scenes when characters were on the edges of the screen.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD - "Behind the Scenes"|year=2006|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}}</ref>