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Optical printer, the Glossary

An optical printer is a device consisting of one or more film projectors mechanically linked to a movie camera.^[1]

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Bipack

In cinematography, bipacking, or a bipack, is the process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together.

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British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society

The British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society (BKSTS) is an organisation which serves the technical and craft skills of the film, sound and television industries.

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Collimated beam

A collimated beam of light or other electromagnetic radiation has parallel rays, and therefore will spread minimally as it propagates.

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Compositing

Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene.

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Computer graphics

Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers.

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A contact print is a photographic image produced from film; sometimes from a film negative, and sometimes from a film positive or paper negative.

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David DiFrancesco

David DiFrancesco, (born Nutley, New Jersey, 1949), is a photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer.

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Diffuser (optics)

In optics, a diffuser (also called a light diffuser or optical diffuser) is any material that diffuses or scatters light in some manner to transmit soft light.

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Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image, typically for print, motion pictures or screen display. Optical printer and digital compositing are special effects.

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Experimental film

Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working.

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Film base

A film base is a transparent substrate which acts as a support medium for the photosensitive emulsion that lies atop it.

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Film preservation

Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain.

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Film recorder

A film recorder is a graphical output device for transferring images to photographic film from a digital source.

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Film stock

Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animation.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a motion picture is produced.

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Intolerance (film)

Intolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith.

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King Kong (1933 film)

King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure romance monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Steiner.

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Linwood G. Dunn

Linwood G. Dunn, A.S.C. (December 27, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York – May 20, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures and an inventor of related technology.

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Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Machine

A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.

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Matte (filmmaking)

Mattes are used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more image elements into a single, final image.

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Minicomputer

A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.

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Motion picture film scanner

A motion picture film scanner is a device used in digital filmmaking to scan original film for storage as high-resolution digital intermediate files. Optical printer and motion picture film scanner are special effects.

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Movie camera

A movie camera (also known as a film camera and cine-camera) is a type of photographic camera that rapidly takes a sequence of photographs, either onto film stock or an image sensor, in order to produce a moving image to display on a screen.

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Movie projector

A movie projector (or film projector) is an opto-mechanical device for displaying motion picture film by projecting it onto a screen.

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National Film and Sound Archive

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts.

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Photograph

A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.

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Photographic emulsion

Photographic emulsion is a light-sensitive colloid used in film-based photography.

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Pixar Image Computer

The Pixar Image Computer is a graphics computer originally developed by the Graphics Group, the computer division of Lucasfilm, which was later renamed Pixar.

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Rear projection

Rear projection (background projection, process photography, etc.) is one of many in-camera effects cinematic techniques in film production for combining foreground performances with pre-filmed backgrounds. Optical printer and Rear projection are special effects.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_printer

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