Technicolor

テクニカラー / 1922–1950s / Technique / Film Technology

Brought saturated color to cinema by separation negatives and dye transfer, fixing 'color more vivid than reality' in film memory.

Saturated primaries / Dye-transfer depth / Color supervision / Color-coding dream and reality

Technicolor — 『The Toll of the Sea』アンナ・メイ・ウォン 1922Technicolor — 『The Toll of the Sea』ロビーカード 1922Technicolor — 3ストリップ・テクニカラーカメラ（CC BY 2.0）
『The Toll of the Sea』アンナ・メイ・ウォン 1922 ／ 『The Toll of the Sea』ロビーカード 1922 ／ 3ストリップ・テクニカラーカメラ（CC BY 2.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Natalie Kalmus, color supervisor / the color switch of The Wizard of Oz / the permanence of dye-transfer prints

Related entries

Source: George Eastman Museum — Technicolor

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