Department of computer science and engineering

Technical seminar presentation

on
The birth of IMAX
Under the guidance of
Mrs.Geetha(Asst.Professor)
Presented by
T.Dwarak Reddy
195U1A05A6
CSE-B
 contents
• Introduction • IMAX Sound
• What is IMAX? • IMAX film format
• How is IMAX achieved • IMAX Theatre
• IMAX camera • Digital Re-mastering(DMR)
• IMAX Projectors • Conclusion
• 3D Experience • Reference
 Introduction
• It all began when a small group of Canadian experimental filmmakers came
together to produce a multi-screen film installation at EXPO '67 in Montreal. The
installation was part of a competition to create the first truly large-screen film
experience.
• Over the next three years, IMAX technology was born, and its epic camera,
projector and domed screen system premiered at the Fuji Pavilion at EXPO '70 in
Osaka, Japan.
• Graeme Ferguson and Roman Kroitor, are the IMAX founders.
 What is IMAX?

❑IMAX stands for IMAGE MAXIMUM.

❑IMAX is a motion picture format with the
capacity for greater size and clearer resolution
than standard movie systems.
❑IMAX movies have incredible clarity,even on
huge screens that are the hallmark of IMAX
theatres worldwide
❑IMAX is all about “ON-SCREEN PRESENTATION”.
❑IMAX is an entertainment experience so real you feel it in your bones, so
magical it takes you places you have never been.
❑Behind it is a world of high technology – proprietary software, architecture and
equipment pioneered by IMAX.
❑There are more than 837 theatres in 57 countries.
 How is IMAX is achieved?

❑IMAX has the large film format.

❑It has six-channel sound system that is separate from the film.
❑A unique projection system that is specifically designed and custom-built for
IMAX.
❑The theatre itself which is specially designed.
 IMAX camera

Conventional 2D camera IMAX 2D camera

 IMAX 2D camera

❑IMAX developed its first 2D 15 perf/65mm film camera in 1976.To this day,it
remains the highest-resolution camera in the world.
❑When captured with the IMAX camera,the image projected in IMAX features
approximately 10x more resolution than conventional 35mm film.
❑Delivering up to 40% more of the image than standard theatres with
crispness,clarity and colour saturation for a truly immersive experience.
 IMAX camera evolution

------Analog Age(2D)------

❑Huge and heavy.

❑Few scenes were tough to shoot.
❑More film length requirement.
❑Cost and maintenance was more.
 ---Digital age(2D&3D)---
❑Less weight and portable.
❑Convenient to shoot(in water also).
❑Advanced capture technique.
❑Digital output.
❑More cost and less maintenance.
❑No compromise in clarity.

❑Very less weight.

❑High portability.
❑Immersive capture techniques.
❑Unique dual lens.
❑Low cost and maintenance.
 IMAX Projectors
❑Laser aligned projections.
❑Dual projection system.
❑Automatic image calibration.
❑Image enhancement.
❑IMAX split sync technology.
❑Water cooled xenon projection
system.
 3D Experience
❑First movie to use IMAX 3D Digital
RE-Mastering but was not shot in
IMAX 3D camera.
❑Later transformers 4 was first movie
to be shot in IMAX 3D camera.
❑But first 3D movie was “The Power of
Love” on 27 September 1922.
 IMAX Sound

❑Laser aligned surround sound system.

❑Immersive uncompressed bass.
❑20-2000kHz sound freq. can be
achieved.
❑frame to frame immersive audio sync.
 IMAX Film format

❑Regular film formats are either

35mm or 70mm,whereas IMAX film
formats are 15/70mm.
❑This means that each frame is 70mm
high and 15 perforations wide.
❑This also means that the film size is
about 10 times bigger than the
standard 35mm film,giving the
visuals in incredible clarity.
IMAX Theatre
 Digital Media Re-mastering(DMR)
❑A transformative process of turning an already powerful movie into a breath
taking IMAX blockbuster with unparalleled image and sound quality.
❑It’s the main reason why IMAX has immersive experience into the movie.
ENHANCEMENT PROCESS:
❑Re –mixing of the sound.
❑Endlessly adjusting the saturation.
❑Contrast, brightness and
❑Hundreds of details in virtually every frame.
Advantages:
➢Clarity
➢Sound system
➢Projection system
➢Provides Large viewing area
➢Improved feeling of motion
Disadvantages:
➢Cost of equipment's is high(camera,
projectors).
➢Ticket price is high.
➢Screens are less compared to normal
screens.
 conclusion

• IMAX is not just an entertainment experience , it is unmatched visual breath-

taking and audio immersive experience into the movie.
Thank
you