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Michael Bay’s transformers was shot almost entirely in IMAX. Seeing an IMAX film is an experience like none other, with a screen so large it feels like you’re moving along with the movie. But how do they do it? 35mm film is the type of film found in movie theaters around the world, while IMAX film is twice the size at 70mm, offering about 8 times the resolution of regular film. IMAX films are shown on screens that are usually 52 feet by 72 feet, while regular theatre screens are about 19 feet x 42 feet. The large film size is needed to ensure that the image projected onto screens this large is crisp and clear: The aspect ratio of IMAX film is 2.20:1, while the aspect ratio of 35mm film is 2.35.1. 35mm film has an embedded soundtrack that can be seen on the film, between the perforations and …
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Film projection is a delicate process in which the scanner takes the film mounted on its supply reel and passes it through the film gate by using its sprockets. The gate is an opening in the machine where light shines through onto the film. Sprockets are small holes on one side of the film strip to guide the film through the gate. As each still frame passes the gate, the light shines the frames at high speed (24 frames per second), it then projects it onto the screen through a series of lenses and the user can adjust the focus. When this happens, it appears as if the image is moving. The take up reel will then spool up the film after projection. Once the entire process is completed, the operator rewinds the film back to its original reel. More about film projectors >> At our location, we inspect and clean the film before …
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As VHS video players become more obsolete and people with large video collections realize they need to transfer their films over before they degrade in quality, transferring film to DVD becomes a more sought-after service. There are a multitude of online videos that teach you how to transfer your VHS tapes or older film reels onto DVDs as a do-it-yourself project. This is a neat idea, but not necessarily the best value for your money even when considering you’re doing it yourself. How a do-it-yourself film to dvd transfer works is a projector plays the film on a flat surface (such as a wall) and this projected image is recorded by a video camera. The video camera can then be plugged into your computer to burn the video onto a DVD, or your video camera may already have DVD-recording capabilities. We’ve written before on whether doing film-to-video transfers yourself …
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Transferring film to DVD yourself is possible, although it is time consuming and requires additional equipment you may not have, such as a film projector. In actuality, the majority of fly-by-night companies or individuals who sell film to DVD transfer services do it this way too. Do-It-Yourself Film to DVD Transfer You will need: A piece of paper (preferably matte photo paper) A film projector (preferably a variable speed projector, but these can cost several hundred to a thousand dollars)Camcorder Tripod Scotch tape Tape the piece of matte photo paper to the wall. Aim your projector and digital video camera (camcorder) at the paper. You may project the image onto the wall instead of on matte photo paper, but any subtle textures on your wall may affect the picture quality in the end. The projector should be head on with the wall, while the camera next to it may be …
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