What is Technovision? (1 Viewer)

[Patrick McCart]

I'm doing a widescreen cinema presentation for a school class and I'd like to cover it.

It's not covered on the Widescreen Museum website.

 

[Hendrik]

...you mean TECHNOVISION as in Apocalypse Now - and a few other movies over the years ( Link Removed )...
...I've been scouring the Internet for a description myself - to no avail, so far...
...you may be interested in visiting these sites:
http://hjem.get2net.dk/in70mm/magazi...backissues.htm
http://www1.tripnet.se/~adler/wide2.html
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[Chad R]

Technovision is an anamorphic 35mm process, just named for the company whose cameras are being used (If I remember correctly).

Sometimes it's confused with techniscope, which was a 2 perf 35mm widescreen process (a really poor man's widescreen). It achieves 2.35:1 without the anamorphic squeeze but with a noticeable drop in quality as only half the area of a standard 35mm frame (standard 35mm is 4 perfs tall). 'American Grafitti' used this which is why the grain is so visible.

 

[Hendrik]

...I did some more 'scouring' and finally found the (Italian) site:
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...indeed, it seems that there is no specific Technovision 'cinematographic process' as such... the name applies to a company that supplies/rents filmmaking equipment: movie cameras & optics, including anamorphic lenses...
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[Peter Kline]

I believe "Technivision" was developed and marketed by the Technicolor company.

 

[Hendrik]

...ahh... nope!... we were talking about TechnOVISION - which may, but does not necessarily, involve anamorphic optics (e.g. Fellini only ever made one true 'scope' movie)...
...the system developed by Technicolor that you refer to is TechnIRAMA ( http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingtr3.htm ) - which does involve anamorphic optics ...
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[Peter Kline]

Got my Techs all confused! No wonder Joe Six Pack likes pan and scan!

 

[GerardoHP]

e.g. Fellini only ever made one true 'scope' movie

Two, actually. LA DOLCE VITA (Totalscope) and SATYRICON (Panavision).

Technovision is a camera and optics company. Filmed in Technovision is not exactly a process but their trademark, much as Filmed in Panavision is Panavision's. Filmed in Technovision does not necessarily mean filmed anamorphically, as films shot with Technovision cameras and/or lenses fill the whole range of formats (anamorphic scope, Super 35, etc.)

 

[Hendrik]

...oops!... completely forgot Satyricon (but, hey! it's easy to forget that one... IMNSHO, of course!)...
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[Peter Kline]

It was Techniscope by Technicolor. Go here:
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingts1.htm