The History of Technicolor

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Describes the process in length and uses early as well as later examples in the development of Technicolor. Examples include "Birth of a Nation," "The Wizard of Oz," and "Gone with the Wind". Also, it describes some of the difficulties that were encountered with the development of Technicolor.

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"Motion pictures as we know them today were propelled by two innovations; sound and color, and as early as 1903, filmmakers have been experimenting with color (www.pbs.org). However, Technicolor was responsible for the color revolution (Basten 9). The production of color had originally been limited to tinting and toning black and white release prints, hand stenciling frames, and utilizing complicated additive color systems that required special projectors (Haines1). In 1915, Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation was established. The term "Technicolor," was originated by Dr. Kalmus, who replaced "que" with "color" in the word "technique" as a tribute to his alma mater (www.technicolor.com). Technicolor Corporation initiated a plan called "progressive step development;" a strategy that was developed to a plan as far ahead as possible, a series of steps where each move does not require too much money or time, and shows convincing pictures on a screen (Basten 22)."

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