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Author Topic: Happy Birthday CinemaScope Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 09-16-2004 09:56 AM                     CinemaScope is 51 years old today. The Robe premiered on Sept 16, 1953 in New York City, and the world just seemed to get wider... /Mitchell  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-16-2004 10:14 AM                     between this and no school b/c we were supposed to get a tropcial storm b/c of Ivan.....it's time to party  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-16-2004 10:23 AM                     Hey Mr. Moderator man.....shouldn't this be in yakity yack?  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-16-2004 11:27 AM                     51 years of brighter more detailed images. More than half a century of seeing the whole frame.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 11:29 AM                        As opposed to full frame silent, or 1.33, 1.66, etc.?  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-16-2004 11:32 AM                     Daryl wins. Thats what happens when I post 30 seconds after waking up.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 11:35 AM                        Yay! Daryl 1 - World 5,323,654,214,342 Sleeping past 9am, must be nice!  |  IP: Logged Bill Langfield Master Film Handler Posts: 280 From: Prospect, NSW, Australia Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-16-2004 01:40 PM                        Happy 51st CINEMASCOPE Thank god WALL-TO-WALL cinemas have not killed it. You know, those places that use top/bottom masking CLOSING in to go to 'scope' Oh great you watch the ads/trls in w/s, then the feature STAR WARS starts, and the picture shrinks by a 3rd. Twits. C/S might just hang in there as the 16:9 DVD (and [WS] TV) helps, keep the format alive. There is nothing more I love, than when that last trailer finishes, screen blackout (as the turret is turning), then the FOX logo hits (with increased volume), and the masking slowing rolling out to 2:35.1. Oh what a feeling. Bill. DEAN: Take care from that storm. Been hearing about it for a few days.  |  IP: Logged Peter Mork Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Newton, MA, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 03:33 PM                     God loves all formats equally. I'm glad there's a choice.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-16-2004 03:56 PM                        Bill - I hate the wall-to-wall thing too, with the bigger flat image, but fortunately, the situation you describe rarely happens in US cinemas - the ads and previews are usually available in both flat and scope, so you don't have to change the format after the previews. We had the same situation you have in Germany, where all the rolling stock and most of the previews come in flat, then we would also change lenses and move the masking. Since all of our cinemas had side masking, the "scope" effect would always happen, I liked that.  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 09-16-2004 09:00 PM                     I always thought it was a lot better as "Tohoscope," but then the popcorn always needed wasabi to go down well.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-16-2004 09:32 PM                        Have you seen a lot of "Tohoscope" pictures in the theatre?  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-16-2004 10:00 PM                       quote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea As opposed to full frame silent, or 1.33, 1.66, etc.? quote: Mike Olpin Daryl wins. No, Mike, you win. None of those were "full frame"... leastwise 1.66:1!  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-16-2004 10:04 PM                     Bill, I almost agree with you about going into the feature, but I prefer a change-over than a turret change. John  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-16-2004 10:07 PM                        Uh, last I checked the standard silent aperture (in use from about 1899 to the late 20's) used the full frame. As for 1.33, and 1.66, I must have been thinking brighter than flat 1.85:1. Gee I've been awfully dumb this week! Sunday couldn't come soon enough, I need sleep. Odd that it took over 10 hours for someone to call me on it though.  |  IP: Logged

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