Re: 3D in 16mm

[P3D Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>> Finally, the system uses what is sometimes called a "doorframe" format=

in
>> which the frame is split vertically, giving you an image that is talle=
r
>> than it is wide, which looked a little funny then and even weirder now=
,
>> when we are used to movie frames that are quite a bit wider than they
are
>> tall.
>>
>If you'll permit me to pick a nit, the '50s was the age of Cinerama and
Cinemascope so
>moviegoers were accustomed to *wider* frames. Of course the minority of
films produced
>were widescreen but it was around. Hollywood was at war with television
and used color,
>widescreen, stereo sound, and larger film formats to make movies 'bigger=
'
than TV.<

True, but I believe the Bolex system pre-dated all of that. Besides,
wide-screen movies weren't to become the "norm" until the late '50s at th=
e
earliest.


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