Hammerscope
Hammerscope was an anamorphic film recording process for 35 mm wide screen films introduced in 1957 .
background
In order not to have to pay license fees for CinemaScope to 20th Century Fox , Hammer Film Productions decided to launch its own system. The lens system from the Norwegian Jan Jacobsen was adopted, which was also sold by the camera manufacturer Arnold & Richter under the name Ultrascope .
The Jacobsen lens system had the same effect as the popular CinemaScope, so that the same projection technology could be used in cinema projection. With the help of an anamorphic lens , the film image was recorded compressed by a factor of 2 and, during the film screening, it was shown rectified to an aspect ratio of 2.35: 1.
Hammerscope was practically only used by Hammer Film Productions. In Mrs. Gibbons' Boys , Hammerscope was referred to as Byronscope.
Films in Hammerscope
- 1957: The Steel Bayonet
- 1957: Yeti the Snowman (The Abominable Snowman)
- 1958: Always Trouble in the Army (Up the Creek)
- 1960: Hetzjagd (Hell Is a City)
- 1962: Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
- 1963: You Are Damned (The Damned)
- 1964: The Scarlet Blade (The Scarlet Blade)
- 1964: Satan with Long Eyelashes (Nightmare)
- 1965: ruler of the desert (She)
- 1965: The Last of Fort Kandahar (The Brigand of Kandahar)
Web links
- CinemaScope on dvdlog.de
- Hammerscope on cinematographers.nl (English)
- Films in scope format on widescreenmuseum.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ WideScreen Format War Begins. American WideScreen Museum, accessed May 22, 2014 .
- ^ The Work of Jan Jacobsen. in70mm.com, accessed May 22, 2014 .