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Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen, subtending 146-degrees of arc. Subtending refers to the pathways of the projected images from the synchronized projectors onto the curved screen overlapping each other at one point.
Jan 18, 2018 · The Cinerama films are hardly the rarest or most artistically accomplished movies in MoMA’s annual To Save and Project series, which also includes films from the innovative 1930s studio director...
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Cinerama, in motion pictures, a process in which three synchronized movie projectors each project one-third of the picture on a wide, curving screen. Many viewers believe that the screen, which thus annexes their entire field of vision, gives a sense of reality unmatched by the flat screen.
Mar 4, 2013 · Cinerama offered what no TV or movie screen could provide before — peripheral vision, which could make you feel as if you were really in the midst of the action.
Cinerama's three frames formed an image of approximately six times the definition of the conventional 35mm film. That resolution, combined with the sharp wide angle lenses with their extended depth of field made for an unparalleled viewing experience. Cinerama footage provided by John Mitchell.
Aug 30, 2003 · Cinerama, Strohmaier learned, was invented by Fred Waller, who headed the special effects department at Paramount Pictures during the 1920s. In 1937, Waller developed Vitarama, a wide-screen presentation system that used 11 contiguous film projectors.
The most ambitious and biggest screen system was Cinerama, launched in 1952. Cinerama used three 35mm cameras, locked together, to be screened on three 35mm projectors. The screen was also curved at 146º so it would wrap around the audience.
The Seven Films in Cinerama. Filming CINERAMA HOLIDAY. Above left - filming aboard a U.S. Aircraft Carrier. Above right - preparations for the bobsled sequence. This camera is the original, built by Waller.
