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Polyvision is the name that French film critic Émile Vuillermoz gave to a specialised widescreen film format devised exclusively for the filming and projection of Gance's Napoléon.
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Polyvision and is
* April 7-Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers ( in a shortened version ) at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format Polyvision.
Polyvision and French
The visionary French director, Abel Gance, used the term " Polyvision " to describe his three-camera, three-projector technique for both widening and dividing the screen in his 1927 silent epic, Napoléon.
The film was full of experimental techniques, combining rapid cutting, hand-held cameras, superimposition of images, and, most famously, his wide-screen sequences achieved, with a system he called Polyvision, by using triple cameras ( and projectors ) to create a spectacular panoramic effect, including a finale in which the outer two film panels were tinted blue and red, creating a widescreen image of a French flag.
Polyvision and film
Widescreen was first widely used in the late 1920s in some short films and newsreels, including Abel Gance's film Napoleon ( 1927 ) with a final widescreen sequence in what Gance called Polyvision.
Gance was unable to eliminate the problem of the two seams dividing the three panels of film as shown on screen, so he avoided the problem by putting three completely different shots together in some of the Polyvision scenes.
Polyvision and widescreen
During the silent era, aspect ratios varied widely, from square 1: 1, all the way up to the extreme widescreen 4: 1 Polyvision.
Polyvision and for
Polyvision was only used for the final reel of Napoleon, to create a climactic finale.
Filming the whole story in Polyvision was impractical as Gance wished for a number of innovative shots, each requiring greater flexibility than was allowed by three interlocked cameras.
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Polyvision and projection
Polyvision Smart Glass, projection mode
Polyvision and Napoléon
Napoléon had been screened in only eight European cities when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought the rights to it, but after screening it in London, it was cut drastically in length, and only the central panel of the three-screen Polyvision sequences were retained before it was put on limited release in the US.
Polyvision and .
As well as his multiscreen ventures with Polyvision, he explored the use of superimposition of images, extreme close-ups, and fast rhythmic editing, and he made the camera mobile in unorthodox ways – hand-held, mounted on wires or a pendulum, or even strapped to a horse.
Polyvision privacy glass by Polytron Technologies, Inc. was shown at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
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