gwtwbooklover Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Had to work Saturday so I saw bits and pieces of this movie was wondering if anyone knew-how come the letterbox edges looked like a folded letter? I saw a crease on both sides of the letterbox both of equal proportion where the extra parts of the scenes if you will took place. I thought maybe all letterbox movies did this and maybe this is the first time I noticed but later saw another letterbox movie and learned I was wrong on that assumption-is it due to the age of the film?? Thanks for any info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Probably because the film was done in Cinerama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnyzman Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes, 3 seperate cameras. When you were in a Cinerama theater there was the center camera like normal and also one mounted on each side wall of the theater. I hear it was pretty difficult to get then to run in unison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I attended a Cinerama showing of THIS IS CINERAMA .Three projectors were used.The main problem was getting the right and left images to blend with the center.The film featured among other things,a roller coaster ride that was very realistic.With a 360 degree view and multi-track stereo sound it was indeed impressive.Then came Cinemiracle with WINDJAMMER. This was a slight improvement. Todd-AO utilized the same principal but used only one projector.Finally came Cinemascope and The Robe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yes, this topic has been discussed previously on these boards, and yes, "How the West Was Won" was filmed in Cinerama. There were three cameras running at the same time in the theatre, and the huge screen was curved, placing the audience in the center of action that was going on around them. You might have also noticed that in scenes where the wagon trains would have been seen as moving in a straight line on this Cinerama screen, that what we get today is watching them move in a curving line. The "folded letter lines" you saw does reflect where the division was from one camera to the next...and unfortunately, there isn't anything that can be done about them, so we just have to try to overlook them in watching this Classic film on TV today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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