1. Definitions

Throughout the evolution of traditional cinema, the aesthetic and technical resources of the tool have been explored by inventors, filmmakers and promoters to create new forms of expression and sensational new spectacles. Alongside the innovations of traditional cinema (the sound and color revolutions, and the advent of magnetic and digital media), numerous inventions and spectacular innovations have punctuated history. These various formats and processes, which we have called special formats, are as follows.

Note :

not to be confused with "special effects", a generic term encompassing all image manipulation – mechanical, optical, electronic, digital – and sound.

Wide formats: these are characterized by all film widths greater than the standard 35 mm format (see...

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Large screen projection

Economic data

Construction costs for a room in special formats

KineMAX at Futuroscope (including equipment) cost the equivalent of 6.8 million euros.

A Géode-type Omnimax hall costs between 10.7 and 18.3 million euros, depending on the architectural choices made.

The Géode in Paris (including hall and equipment) cost the equivalent of 19.8 million euros.

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References

(1) - AUMONT (J.), BERGALA (A.), MARIE (M.), VERNET (M.) - Esthétique du film. - Nathan (1983).
(2) - PESEUX (V.) - 100 ans de cinéma à grand spectacle : Histoire et élaboration des formats spéciaux. - Thèse de doctorat,...