Movie Film Formats - 35 MM Film, 70 MM Film, Vistavision, 16 MM Film, 8 MM Film, Super 8 MM Film, 9.5 MM Film, Single-8 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 99. Chapters: 35 mm film, 70 mm film, VistaVision, 16 mm film, 8 mm film, Super 8 mm film, 9.5 mm film, Single-8, Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck, IMAX, 3-D film, List of film formats, Phonofilm, Cinerama, Anamorphic format, CinemaScope, Todd-AO, Science On a Sphere, Kinemacolor, Vitaphone, Prizma, Digital 3D, Movietone sound system, Univisium, RCA Photophone, RealD Cinema, Circle-Vision 360, Techniscope, Negative pulldown, Standard 8 mm film, Super 35, Photokinema, Sound-on-film, Technirama, 4-D film, Super 8 film cameras, Ultra Panavision 70, Showscan, 70 mm Grandeur film, Super Panavision 70, Cinemiracle, Polyvision, Tri-Ergon, CinemaScope 55, MasterImage 3D, XpanD 3D, Maxivision, Dolby 3D, List of Techniscope films, Teleview, 28 mm film, Keller-Dorian cinematography, Sound-on-disc, TohoScope, Kinoton HDFS, Super Technirama 70, IMAX Magic Carpet, Arnoldscope, Naturama. Excerpt: A 3-D (three-dimensional) film or S3D (stereoscopic 3D) film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception. Derived from stereoscopic photography, a regular motion picture camera system is used to record the images as seen from two perspectives (or computer-generated imagery generates the two perspectives in post-production), and special projection hardware and/or eyewear are used to provide the illusion of depth when viewing the film. 3-D films are not limited to feature film theatrical releases; television broadcasts and direct-to-video films have also incorporated similar methods, primarily for marketing purposes. 3-D films have existed in some form since the 1950s, but had been largely relegated to a niche in the motion picture industry because of the costly hardware and processes required to produce and display a 3-D film, and the lack of a standardized format for all segments of the entertainment bus...