Krugovaya Kinopanorama
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Moscow
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of Russia
Russia
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which plays Krugorama, a type of cinema presentation in which film is projected on a circular screen with a horizontal 360° view. This was pioneered in 1896 by French engineer Raoul Grimoin-Sanson
Raoul Grimoin-Sanson
Raoul Grimoin-Sanson was an inventor in the field of early cinema. He was born in Elbeuf, as Raoul Sanson; he added the surname Grimoin later. He had an early interest in stage magic as well as photography....
, who played ten projectors simultaneously on a circular screen, a process he called Cinéorama
Cinéorama
Cinéorama was an early film experiment and amusement ride at the 1900 Paris Exposition devised by Raoul Grimoin-Sanson, that simulated a ride in a hot air balloon over Paris...
. Cinerama
Cinerama
Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. It is also the trademarked name for the corporation which was formed to market it...
though spelled similarly has a different meaning, and denotes three projectors on an arched screen, as does Kinopanorama
Kinopanorama
Kinopanorama is a three-lens, three-film widescreen film format. Although Kinopanorama was initially known as Panorama in the Soviet Union the name was later revised to include its current name prior to the premier screenings in Moscow in 1958. In some countries, including Cuba, Greece, Norway and...
. The technology used in the Moscow Circular Kinopanorama was also previously carried out by Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
in 1955, in a process he called Circarama.
Moscow Circular Kinopanorama
All-Russia Exhibition Centre
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in Moscow is a working example of the Circular Kinopanorama technology which bears the name Krygovaya Kinopanorama. It was built in 1959 and projects film from 11 synchroniously working cameras onto 11 screens arranged in a cylindrical brick and glass building.
Special systems of movie-cameras were needed for the exposure of this theatre's films. In the pursuit of these a number of complex technical problems were solved. For example, in 1959 the designers of the Yakovlev
Yakovlev
The Yak Aircraft Corporation is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer...
design bureau managed to develop a suspension device for shooting circular kinopanoramic films from a Yak-24 helicopter. Developing these cameras simultaneously solved the task of carriage of goods with minimal transfer of vibration.
Since 2006, after more than a ten year recess, the Krygovaya Kinopanorama is again opened to audiences. The repertoire of the theatre consists of films shot in the Soviet years.
External links
Site of a cinema - http://krugorama.narod.ru- http://www.artinfo.ru/RU/news/main/Panorama-2006-O_Chernisheva-SAG-E_Degot.htm
- http://www.artmargins.com/content/feature/degot.htm
- http://www.in70mm.com/news/2004/circlorama/index.htm
- http://www.in70mm.com/news/2007/circlorama/index.htm