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360

viewer

play which should

turn his head to sum up

screens or

watch the film. This makes them
much more sensitive to motion
than if they were sitting.
An offshoot of CircleVision is 200-degree Wide-Screen

be mentioned here. Sun flares can

(for lack of a better name). This is

basically the 360°system with the
back four

cameras

removed.

Impressions de France for Epcot
Center was photographed in this
system. It was a dream to use
compared to Circle-Vision be¬
cause we could once
again use a
few conventional tools like cam¬
era cranes and lighting platforms
behind the camera. Also, this
became a sit-down theater expe¬

rience, which meant

we

could

take more advantage of moving
shots than with the full 360-de-

gree

(standing audience) experi¬

tors enter into

potentially cast a warm haze
across only one screen,
leaving a
horribly mismatched panoramic.
Frame divisions are potential
hazards. Avoid large composi¬
tional shapes "just touching" the
edge of a division in the pano¬
Otherwise the audience
becomes uncomfortably aware of
the divisions. Tracking shots in
rama.

particular must be very thor¬
oughly "designed" to avoid this
problem.
With all of the big screen
or
panoramic formats, the pace of
editing becomes a considerable
factor. Because of the enormity or
breadth of the screen, an audi¬
ence can become
very disoriented
if images cut too quickly. There is

With any

multi-camera
system that achieves panoramic
images, whether it's just three

physically
the frame
before he's ready for the next
image. The 360 formats are an
extreme example of this concern.
It is therefore very important to
view the workprint on a large
screen

editing

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