Technicolor

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brand color motion picture process film laboratory film technology company

Technicolor is a pioneering color motion picture process and company renowned for its vivid, saturated hues in classic Hollywood films.

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Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation 2
Technicolor Process 1 1
Technicolor Process 2 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf brand ⓘ
color motion picture process ⓘ
film laboratory ⓘ
film technology company ⓘ
activeInPeriod Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
brandMeaning high-quality color cinematography ⓘ
businessModel exclusive control of cameras and processing ⓘ
collaboratedWith major Hollywood studios ⓘ
competedWith Eastmancolor ⓘ
surface form: Agfacolor

Eastmancolor ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact symbol of classic Hollywood color style ⓘ
developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Technicolor Process 1

Technicolor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Technicolor Process 2

Technicolor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Technicolor Process 3

Technicolor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Technicolor Process 4

dye-transfer imbibition printing process ⓘ
three-strip Technicolor camera system ⓘ
feature printing of color matrices onto a single film strip ⓘ
separate recording of red, green and blue components ⓘ
use of beam-splitting prism in camera ⓘ
foundedBy Daniel Comstock ⓘ
Herbert Kalmus ⓘ
W. Burton Wescott ⓘ
headquartersLocation Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
industry color imaging ⓘ
film post-production ⓘ
motion picture industry ⓘ
inspiredBy Kalmus, Comstock and Wescott research at MIT ⓘ
knownFor distinctive saturated palette ⓘ
high color stability of dye-transfer prints ⓘ
namedAfter Technicolor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Technicolor process
notableFor dye-transfer printing ⓘ
three-strip color process ⓘ
vivid saturated color in classic Hollywood films ⓘ
providedServicesFor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Walt Disney Productions

Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
required special Technicolor cameras for three-strip process ⓘ
technologyType subtractive color process ⓘ
three-color separation system ⓘ
transitionedTo monopack color film technologies ⓘ
usedInFilm Gone with the Wind ⓘ
Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Wizard of Oz ⓘ

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Thomson SA → successor → Technicolor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomson Multimedia