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480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions.The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio (480 × 4 ⁄ 3 = 640) or a horizontal resolution of 854 (848 should be used for mod16 compatibility) [1] pixels for an approximate 16:9 aspect ...
First known film is the first film (not including tests) made with the format and intended for release. Negative gauge is the film gauge (width) used for the original camera negative. Negative aspect ratio is the image ratio determined by the ratio of the gate dimensions multiplied by the anamorphic power of the camera lenses (1× in the case ...
First film shot with the Red One Camera: Che (2008) [4] First film shot with the Red One MX, and first film projected in 4K theatrical distribution: The Social Network (2010) [5] First film to be shot mainly with the Arri Alexa: Anonymous (2011) [6] First film to be shot mainly with the Red Epic Dragon and in 6K resolution: Gone Girl (2014) [7]
First film to use motion-capture CGI to portray a character. Donkey Kong Country: First half-hour computer-animated TV series to use motion capture for their characters. DragonHeart: First 2-D all-CGI backgrounds with live-actors. First film to use ILM's Caricature software (created during the film's production). Beast Wars: Transformers
Elstree Calling directed by Alfred Hitchcock was the first film to show a television set. Shadows of Glory becomes the first foreign-language sound film to be produced in the United States. [52] Morocco becomes the first film to feature two women sharing a kiss on screen. [53] The women were Marlene Dietrich and an uncredited actress.
Columbia Pictures (American Film Technologies) [309] Hearts Are Thumps: 1937: 1994: RHI Entertainment, Inc. [310] Hell Below Zero: 1954: 1992: Columbia Pictures (American Film Technologies) [311] Hellcats of the Navy: 1957: 1991: Columbia Pictures (American Film Technologies) [312] Hell's Horizon: 1955: 1992: Columbia Pictures (American Film ...
The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film medium came about in the 19th century, there already was a centuries old tradition of screening moving images through shadow play and the magic lantern that were very popular with audiences in ...
Paramount's VistaVision was a larger gauge precursor to 70 mm film. Introduced in 1954, it ran standard 35 mm film through the camera horizontally to achieve a widescreen effect using greater negative area, in order to create a finer-grained four-perforation 35 mm prints in an era where standard monopack stock could not produce finer results.