# Playable area
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 8, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076 "2002-08-08T00:04:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@taskhill](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/taskhill)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076/1 "2002-08-08T00:04:23Z")
Hello all.
I am trying to figue out how to make a movie play in certain boundries of the screen. Like the one at [www.phong.com](http://www.phong.com) where the balls, and movie only plays inside the black area. How is this done?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Task
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076/2 "2002-08-08T01:36:21Z")
Hey taskhill,
That is basically a mask. A mask is when portions of your movie are confined to the size of your “mask” object. For an example of a mask, visit the following URL: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/masking.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/masking.asp)
That should help you out.
Cheers!
Kirupa :rambo:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076/3 "2002-08-08T01:40:52Z")
looks like he/she used attachmovie clip or loadmovie and used globalcoordinates for the movie.
mymovie.\_x =
mymovie.\_y =
check out description of localtoglobal in your help file… it will show more. If you need extra help, let us know.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playable-area/1076/4 "2002-08-08T01:42:06Z")
um… yah, Kirupa… that too 🙂