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...
kenwal34 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 This is due in part to the CINERAMA process used to film HTWWW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Only Cinerama used three cameras, this explains the two folds in the negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwtwbooklover Posted July 14, 2004 Author Share Posted July 14, 2004 thanks kenwal70 and edgecliffd for the responses have another question does this mean that before it was letterboxed the movie you saw on TV only showed the middle camera view or just where were the other 2 cameras shooting I mean what angles. Were there three cameras mounted together side by side to film all the action? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Everything seemed to taken from the center screen.There are p&c versions out there .View one of these to see just how bad it is in this format! Type in widescreen formats on your computer for more info on CINERAMA. A later process called CINEMIRACLE was a slight improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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