TECHNIRAMA

(trademark) a process developed in the mid-1950s by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation for producing wide-screen motion pictures with excellent definition and clarity. —SHSBC Binder 29 Approved Glossary

a trademark for a system of filming and projecting motion pictures that employed special lenses and projected a film on a wide screen. Technirama was introduced by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation and used in the 1950s and 1960s. It consisted of a camera fitted with a special lens that took a wide picture and condensed it ("squeezed" it) so that it fit onto the motion picture film. When the final film was presented to an audience, a special lens on the projector expanded the picture back to the correct proportions so it could be viewed on a wide screen. (trademark) a process developed in the mid-1950s by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation for producing wide-screen motion pictures with excellent definition and clarity.