Todd- AO - Wikipedia. Todd- AO is a post- production company founded in 1. The company operates three facilities in the Los Angeles area. Todd- AO is also the name of the widescreen, 7. The Contento Index: Partners in Wonder Harlan Ellison (Walker, 1971, hc)
After a short but ferocious battle with cancer, my mother Taeko Arai Larson peacefully passed away today, surrounded by family. She was an angler in her younger days. We gotta get you a women Todd Rundgren (full song with lyrics) Leroy, boy, is that you? I thought your post-hangin days were through, Sunk-in eyes and full. Mike Todd and the American Optical Company in the mid- 1. Todd- AO was originally founded to promote and distribute this system. History. It was co- developed in the early 1. Mike Todd, a Broadway producer, in partnership with the American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York. It was developed to provide a high definition single camera widescreen process to compete with Cinerama, or as characterized by its creator, . Where Cinerama used a complicated setup of three separate strips of film photographed simultaneously, Todd- AO required only a single camera and lens. The company's focus began to shift after Mike Todd's sudden death in an airplane accident in 1. The 7. 0 mm Todd- AO process was adopted by Panavision, Cinerama and others. As the production and exhibition markets became saturated with Todd- AO System hardware, the focus of the company gradually began to narrow down to the audio post- production side of the business, and Todd- AO became an independent sound mixing facility for commercial motion picture films and television after acquiring Glen Glenn Sound in 1. In May 2. 01. 4, Todd- AO's parent company, Todd Soundelux, filed for Chapter 1. Rob Nokes of Sounddogs. Inc. Todd- AO: 6. While the 7. 0 mm film width had been used before, most notably in the Fox Grandeur process in 1. Todd- AO actually combined the idea of 6. Cinema. Scope, although improved with six channels and much better fidelity. The 7. 0 mm print adds 2. Thus the print actually carried 6. Four lens options covered a 1. Films were shot on 6. The aspect ratio of this format was 2. The use of 6. 5 mm photography and 7. Super Panavision 7. Panavision company's version of Todd- AO) and Ultra Panavision 7. The IMAX format also uses 6. Todd- AO in the mid- 1. IMAX frame is 1. 5- perfs long and runs horizontally through the projector, whereas the Todd- AO frame is only 5- perfs high and runs vertically through the projector. The difference does not seem great, but the sensitivity of the human eye to flickering declines steeply with frame rate and the small adjustment gave the film noticeably less flicker, and made it steadier and smoother than standard processes. The original system generated an image that was ! Because of the need for conventional versions at 2. Todd- AO and once in 3. Cinema. Scope. The latter film was shot with two 6. Todd- AO cameras simultaneously, the speed of the second camera was 2. All subsequent Todd- AO films were shot at 2. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II went there to see Todd- AO test footage, which led them to approve its use for Oklahoma! Ampex Corporation engineers were in charge of developing the Todd- AO sound system. Ampex would later go on to manufacture the sound system, including selectable four- track composite (Cinema. Scope) or six- track composite (Todd- AO) or four- track interlocked or six- track interlocked or optical sound sources. The Todd- AO Company also offered a 3. Panavision or Cinema. Scope. This may cause some confusion if a Todd- AO credit (not necessarily the more specific Todd- AO 3. It becomes even more confusing as 7. Dune and Logan's Run. During the late 1. Todd- AO or Super Panavision became rare. However, some major films had 7. These prints would typically play only in a few theatres in a few large cities while everyone else viewed the film in 3. The advent of multichannel digital sound in the 1. Most Todd- AO theatre installations had only moderately curved screens and the extreme wide angle camera lenses were used only on a few shots here and there. Todd- AO films made after 1. A variation on Todd- AO called Dimension 1. Cinerama- like deeply curved screens. Only two films were made in Dimension 1. In some venues, however, Todd- AO and Dimension 1. Cinerama theatres in order that they be shown on a deeply curved screen . At the time, before multiplex theatres became common, most films opened at a large single screen theatre in the downtown area of each large city before eventually moving on to neighborhood theatres. With the roadshow concept, a film would play, often in 7. Most Todd- AO films through the late 1. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and The Sound of Music, were initially shown on a roadshow basis. In some US cities, individual theaters were converted for use in the 1. Todd- AO . These theaters showed exclusive roadshow engagements of Todd- AO and other 7. They included the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Richard Vetter, Todd- AO made an attempt to compete with Panavision in the 3. The company built a series of anamorphic lenses in the 2. Mitchell and Arriflex) that they would provide with the lens package. Of the five original Planet of the Apes films, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is the only entry filmed in Todd- AO 3. Arriflex ARRI 3. 5IIC cameras with lenses provided by The Carl Zeiss Group, (the other Apes pictures were filmed in Panavision). By the 1. 98. 0s the venture was moribund, and was abandoned. Eventually all of the Todd- AO cameras and lenses, both 3. Cinema Products in Los Angeles. Cinema Products is now defunct. Timeline. This transaction included the assets of Todd- AO, Soundelux, Sound One, POP Sound, Modern Music, Soundelux Design Music Group and The Hollywood Edge. Rob Nokes of Sounddogs. Inc. Burton. 20. 06. BAFTA Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Babel. Jos. Confidential. Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Kirk Francis. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Evita. Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ken Weston. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. Apollo 1. 3Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan,David Mac. Millan. 19. 95. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Braveheart. Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer,Brian Simmons. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Legends of the Fall. Paul Massey, David Campbell, Christopher David,Douglas Ganton. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. Speed. Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer,David Mac. Millan. 19. 93. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Schindler's List. Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan,Ron Judkins. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. The Last of the Mohicans. Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith,Simon Kaye. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Dick Tracy. Chris Jenkins, David E. Hemphill, Thomas Causey. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo,Tony Dawe. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Empire of the Sun. Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd,Tony Dawe. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. Out of Africa. Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold,Peter Handford. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. E. T. Cantamessa. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. 19. 41. Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Mac. Dougall,Gene S. Cantamessa. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Hooper. Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Mac. Dougall,Jack Solomon. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Sorcerer. Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Richard Tyler,Jean- Louis Ducarme. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Mac. Dougall,Gene S. Cantamessa. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. A Star is Born. Robert Knudson, Dan Wallin, Robert Glass,Tom Overton. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. The Exorcist. Robert Knudson, Chris Newman. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. Cabaret. Robert Knudson and David Hildyard. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. The Sound of Music. Fred Hynes. 19. 63. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Cleopatra. Fred Hynes. 19. 61. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. West Side Story. Fred Hynes. 19. 60. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. The Alamo. Fred Hynes. Academy Award. Best Sound. Nominated. Porgy and Bess. Fred Hynes. 19. 58. Academy Award. Best Sound. Won. South Pacific. Fred Hynes. 19. 57. Academy Award. Academy Scientific and Technical Award. Won. Todd- AO System. Todd- AO Corp. Westrex Corp. Academy Award. Best Sound Recording. Won. Oklahoma. Fred Hynes. Television. Katona, David Klotz, Brett Voss, Jeffrey Wilhoit, James Moriana. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One- Hour)Nominated. Mad Men: The Flood. Ken Teaney, Alec St. John, Peter Bentley. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Nominated. Nikita: Aftermath. George Haddad, Ruth Adelman, Chad J. Hughes,Steve Papagiannis, Dale Chaloukian, Ashley Revell,James M. Bailey. 20. 13. CAS Award. Sound Mixing - Television Series. Nominated. Game of Thrones: Blackwater. Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Ronan Hill and Brett Voss. CAS Award. Sound Mixing - Television Series. Nominated. Mad Men: Commissions and Fees. Ken Teaney, Alec St. John, Peter Bentley. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Nominated. CSI: Miami: Blown Away. Timothy I. Kimmel, Brad Katona, Ruth Adelman, Todd Niesen, Skye Lewin, Joseph Sabella and James Bailey. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Won. Game of Thrones: Blackwater. Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands, Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato,Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit and David Klotz. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One- Hour)Won. Game of Thrones: Blackwater. Mathew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill, Mervyn Moore. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half- Hour) and Animation. Nominated. Entourage: The End. Tom Stasinis, Dennis Kirk, Todd Orr. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half- Hour) and Animation. Won. Family Guy: Road to the North Pole. James F. Fitzpatrick and Patrick Clark. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One- Hour)Nominated. Mad Men: The Suitcase. Ken Teaney, Todd Orr, Peter Bentley. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Nominated. Nikita: Pandora. George Haddad, Dale Chaloukian, Ruth Adelman, Chad J. Hughes, Ashley Revell, James Bailey and Joseph T. Sabella. 20. 11. Emmy Award. Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series. Nominated. CSI: NY: Life Sentence.
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