@RUTGERS.ARPA:RDAVIS@USC-ECL.ARPA (04/23/85)
From: R H Davis <RDAVIS@USC-ECL.ARPA>
Showscan, a process developed by Trumble at Paramount Pictures, is a high
quality version of IMAX/CINEMAX. Images are photographed sideways on the
frame(70mm, I believe) at a rate of 65 frames per second. The frame is also
projected on it's side at 65fps. This allows for a very clean image that
fills the screen (about 3 stories high) and maximizes the audiances
nausea factor (!!!haha!!!). Showscan also utilizes an extremely high
quality digital playback sound system. The only problem with the process
is that the film must be especially made as most film stocks shatter under
the pressure of 65 fps (the film is started and stopped in the
camera/projector 65 times in a second). It's great....but it's much more
expensive than Imax to shoot.....too bad.
bd
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