VistaVision is a widescreen process created by Paramount Pictures in the 1950s. VistaVision is based on the Glamorama and Superama widescreen systems.
Technology
Vistavision
Ultra Panavision (Ultra Panavision 70)
Ultra Panavision 70 refers to a process of filming movies in 65mm or 70mm with Panavision anamorphic optics. The widescreen process was used primarily from 1962 to 1966.
Todd-AO
Todd-AO is a high definition, widescreen format introduced in the mid 1950s by Mike Todd and the American Optical Company. Todd referred to the process as "Cinerama outa one hole."
Technirama
Technirama is a screen process invented by Technicolor. It was used from 1956 until the mid 1960s. The process has a screen ratio the same as revised CinemaScope - 2.35:1.
Superscope
Superscope was a widescreen process used in nine RKO Technicolor productions from 1955 thru 1957.
Super Panavision
Super Panavision 70 refers to filming movies with Panavision 65mm cameras and spherical optics. The process was used between 1959 and 1983.
Cinerama
Cinerama is the name for a widescreen process first appeared at the 1939 World's Fair, but it wasn't until 1952 that it was used in a theatre. The process works by projecting images from three synchronized 35mm video projectors onto a large, curved screen all at the same time.
Cinemiracle
Cinemiracle was a widescreen cinema format developed in the 1950s. Only a single film was produced and released in the format.
CinemaScope
In the late 1920s, a French professor named Henri Chrétien developed and patented a new film process called Anamorphoscope. This process was the basis for CinemaScope.
Stone Lithography - Movie Technology
Stone lithography is one of the earliest printing processes used to make a lot of movie art.
