IMAX
Features:
- Laser aligned audio placement
- Bright, detailed clarity in the images
- 40% more image than other cinemas
- 346 seat plus 8 on the sides
- 18 x 24m screen
- 70mm film stock
- Film runs through camera and projector horizontally instead of vertically
- 12k resolution
Company from Toronto that started as an experimental film
company. They have their own line of high-resolution cameras, film formats,
projectors and theatres. They create film images that makes you feel like you
are in the movie. The first permanent IMAX was established in May 1971 and they
started to go public in 1994.
Specific IMAX created movies are far better to be seen in
IMAX theatres which tries to cancel out the competition of streaming companies.
The key cinema audience is around 16-24 and IMAX provides an opportunity to
make film watching a social event.
Key facts:
- IMAX film stock has 15 perforations instead of the regular 5 perforations
- Vertically shot on large noisy cameras can only shoot 30s – 2mins of 12k footage at a time
- Projectors use a unique xenon arc lamp that is extremely sensitive
- 1500 IMAX in the world spread over 80 countries
- Two projectors run simultaneously
- Bigger picture = better clarity
- Only uses IMAX cameras for specific scenes in large production films
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