Camerascope
Camerascope was an anamorphic film recording process for 35 mm wide screen films introduced in 1955 .
background
The popular CinemaScope could only be used in the 1950s if license fees were paid to 20th Century Fox . Another restriction for the film studios was that only color films were allowed to be shot. This made film production much more expensive.
The British Adelphi Films now resorted to the French Cinépanoramic , which was a further development of the anamorphic system from CinemaScope. When recording the film, the image was recorded compressed in a 2: 1 ratio and, during the presentation, it was shown rectified to the 2.35: 1 film width . In contrast to CinemaScope, the anamorphic lens required for this had an additional correction lens, which also enabled close-ups with less distortion.
The process named by Adelphi Films in Camerascope was only used in a few British film productions.
Films in Camerascope
- 1955: You Lucky People
- 1956: Fun at St. Fanny's
- 1957: Stars in Your Eyes
Web links
- CinemaScope on dvdlog.de
- Camerascope on cinematographers.nl (English)
- Cinépanoramic on filmoscopefr.blogspot.com (French)
- Scope film list on widescreenmuseum.com (English)