Super panorama 70
Superpanorama was a film recording process introduced in 1962 for 70 mm wide screen films.
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Superpanorama was the European answer to Todd-AO and Super Panavision . In Western Europe, 70mm film did not begin to be used until the late 1950s when the first deep domed screens were installed for Todd-AO, Cinemiracle, and Cinerama . However, there were no European productions in this format because there was no cost-effective process of their own. Modern Cinema Systems (MCS), based in Munich, wanted to change this with its own system.
The Norwegian Jan Jacobsen developed his own admission procedure in a short time. The picture was taken with a spherical lens on a 65mm film negative . The frame rate was 24 frames per second. The 70 mm film with six magnetic sound strips and a 2.21: 1 aspect ratio and the 35 mm film with a 2.35: 1 aspect ratio could be produced from the negative . Jacobsen also developed its own camera system, which was superior to the Mitchell cameras from the USA in terms of handiness and mobility. The cameras were even used for action scenes and aerial photography in the United States.
Similar to Cinerama and Cinemiracle, the new system was presented with a travel film in 1962. The success led to a number of European co-productions from 1963. The expensive large-scale productions were not economical enough, however, as the public's taste at the time changed. The last super panorama film was released in 1966.
Films in super panorama
- 1962: Flying Clipper - dream trip under white sails
- 1963: Sheherazade - The golden lion of Baghdad
- 1964: The black tulip
- 1964: Old Shatterhand
- 1965: Uncle Tom's hut
- 1966: Congress is having fun
- 1966: The Accursed of the Pampas
- 1966: El fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius
Web links
Superpanorma 70 on in70mm.com