Technicolor History

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Soon after during the early 1930’s, the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation released the first three-color Technicolor technology. This color process needed a unique type of camera that was able to split the image into three different sections of the film. Filters that were red, blue, and green were used to position the light to the matching filter, once the recording was done the different strips were then combined and developed into a solo color strip that was played through a projector. This latest invention of color introduced a whole new aspect in the world of filmmaking. The filmmaker/filmmakers could than provide more information to the audience about the whereabouts and the setting of a scene with the use of color. A moive, that is a great example of the use of Technicolor, was The Wizard of Oz which was released in 1939 (The Technicolor World of Oz.). The film began with …show more content…

The first computerized nonlinear editing system was called the CMX 600, it had a console with 2 monitors built in it (Film History). The right monitor played a preview video and was used to make cuts and edits by using a light pen to select the options (Film history). The left monitor on the other hand was used to display the edited video, It recorded and played in black and white video and the audio was recorded using digital analog signals (film history). Between 1988-1991 the world’s first nonlinear film editing software was introduced. Moving into the 2000s, ordinary computers gained access to edit digital videos at higher resolutions. Also following the dominance of digital cameras, film distributions and editing software. Technology drastically changed the way editing was done. Digital editing has opened many great possibilities and opportunities for filmmakers then ever before. It has made adding special effects and cutting images simpler then using a pair of scissors and glue to put It

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