SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 99, Issue: 6, June 1990)
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Todd-AO: A History
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Journal Article
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Abbreviated Title
- J SMPTE
- Volume
- 99, No. 6, pp. 457–465
- Abstract
- Using 65mm camera film, specially designed wide-angle lenses, and six-track stereo magnetic sound, the Todd-AO system was first used to film Oklahoma, which was released in 1955. The success of this and a handful of subsequent Todd-AO films led to the introduction and establishment of a new wide-film standard of 70mm, which survives today as a major format for motion-picture presentation in the theater. This article reviews the development of the Todd-AO technology from the special wide-angle lenses designed by Dr. Brian O'Brien (former Professor of Optics at the University of Rochester), the 65 mm Mitchell camera, the Philips Todd-AO dual (35/70mm) projector, and the Altec six-track magnetic sound reproducer to the system's “corrected printing technique,” which eliminated distortion when wide-film images were projected onto a deeply curved screen from a high projection angle.
- Publication Date
- 1990-06-01
- DOI
10.5594/J03857- ISSN
- Print:
0036-1682 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/J03857
- Author(s)
- John BeltonRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
- Copyright
- © 1990 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
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