Technicoloris a brand name for a sequence of 'colour film' procedures that were originally forged by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (that is an ancillary firm owned by Technicolor Inc.
), which is now a part of Technicolor SA.
It is a widely known fact that Technicolor was at one point of time, the second biggest colour film procedure in Hollywood between the years 1922 to 1952.
Technicolor was primarily known for its colour that had high levels of saturation, and also was mostly used for the filming of musicals (the likes of Singin' in the Rain and The Wizard of Oz), film noir (such as Leave Her to Heaven), animated films (like Fantasia or the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) or even costume pictures (the likes of Joan of Arc and The Adventures of Robin Hood).
Founded in 1914, in Boston (incorporated on 1915 in Maine) by W.
Burton Wescott, Daniel Frost Comstock and Herbert Kalmus, the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation was an instant hit in the industry.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology had been the inspiration behind the term "Tech" in the name of the corporation.
This is where Kalmus had received an undergraduate degree and later went on to become an instructor.
He had also developed a huge interest in making a natural colour motion picture system.
This was after he had agreed to take a commission to make a "flicker free" motion picture system.
The company started with a 2 colour additive process, much like the one used by Kinemacolor, albeit with two principle differences.
The Technicolor camera records both the blue-green and the red images at the same time, through a solitary lens, which uses colour filters and beam splitters so as to record images that are heaped one on top of the other.
Rotating wheels were not involved, neither in the camera, nor in the projectors.
Another process developed by Kalmus was the subtractive colour process.
As its predecessor, this Technicolor camera also used a beam splitter so as to expose 2 frames at the same time.
These 2 frames were of a single black and white film.
One was behind the green filter, while the other was behind a red one.
The difference became apparent in the print.
Although this process was pretty successful in commercial terms, this was still haunted with technical problems-the images on the two matrices did not share the same plane.
), which is now a part of Technicolor SA.
It is a widely known fact that Technicolor was at one point of time, the second biggest colour film procedure in Hollywood between the years 1922 to 1952.
Technicolor was primarily known for its colour that had high levels of saturation, and also was mostly used for the filming of musicals (the likes of Singin' in the Rain and The Wizard of Oz), film noir (such as Leave Her to Heaven), animated films (like Fantasia or the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) or even costume pictures (the likes of Joan of Arc and The Adventures of Robin Hood).
Founded in 1914, in Boston (incorporated on 1915 in Maine) by W.
Burton Wescott, Daniel Frost Comstock and Herbert Kalmus, the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation was an instant hit in the industry.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology had been the inspiration behind the term "Tech" in the name of the corporation.
This is where Kalmus had received an undergraduate degree and later went on to become an instructor.
He had also developed a huge interest in making a natural colour motion picture system.
This was after he had agreed to take a commission to make a "flicker free" motion picture system.
The company started with a 2 colour additive process, much like the one used by Kinemacolor, albeit with two principle differences.
The Technicolor camera records both the blue-green and the red images at the same time, through a solitary lens, which uses colour filters and beam splitters so as to record images that are heaped one on top of the other.
Rotating wheels were not involved, neither in the camera, nor in the projectors.
Another process developed by Kalmus was the subtractive colour process.
As its predecessor, this Technicolor camera also used a beam splitter so as to expose 2 frames at the same time.
These 2 frames were of a single black and white film.
One was behind the green filter, while the other was behind a red one.
The difference became apparent in the print.
Although this process was pretty successful in commercial terms, this was still haunted with technical problems-the images on the two matrices did not share the same plane.
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