Method for recomposing large format media

• US 20050286885A1
• Filed: 04/07/2005
• Published: 12/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arrowhead Media Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Arrowhead Media Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Courtney, Erik W., Brunkhardt, Benjamin P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,474,328 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/315
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/02 Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/253 Picture signal generating by scanning motion picture films or slide opaques, e.g. for telecine scanning details therefor H04N3/36 ; standard conversion therefor H04N7/0112

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for shooting an entire scene on a single large format film camera and recomposing the filmed scene into a video stream suitable for transfer to conventional formats.

Claims

1. A method for reconfiguring large format media comprising:

obtaining processed film shot on a large format camera, the processed film including at least one frame;

selecting at least one target image from the at least one frame;

isolating the at least one target image; and

recomposing the isolated at least one target image into a video stream.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting at least one target image includes zooming in on the at least one target image.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the recomposing includes, obtaining an image of the isolated at least one target image, and placing at least a portion of the obtained image of the isolated at least one target image into a video stream.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the processed film includes a negative.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the processed film is selected from the group consisting of negatives, positives, internegatives, interpositives and prints.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processed film is from 65 mm film.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the processed film is from large format film.

8. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising:

transferring the video stream into a media format selected from the group consisting of television, digital versatile disc (DVD) and Compact Disc, read-only-memory (CD ROM).

9. A method for reconfiguring large format media comprising:

obtaining processed film shot on a large format camera, the processed film including at least one frame;

selecting at least one target image in the at least one frame;

extracting the at least one target image from the at least one frame;

obtaining an image of the extracted at least one target image; and

placing at least a portion of the at least one obtained image of the extracted at least one target image into a video stream.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the selecting at least one target image includes zooming in on the at least one target image.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the extracting includes fragmenting the at least one frame with the at least one target image at least partially therein.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the processed film includes a negative.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the processed film is selected from the group consisting of negatives, positives, internegatives and interpositives and prints.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the processed film is from 65 mm film.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the processed film is from large format film.

16. The method of claim 9, additionally comprising:

transferring the video stream into a media format selected from the group consisting of television, digital versatile disc (DVD) and Compact Disc, read-only-memory (CD ROM).

17. A method for recomposing large format media comprising:

obtaining processed film shot on a large format camera, the processed film including at least one frame;

placing the processed film into a telecine apparatus;

providing instructions to the telecine apparatus for operating on the processed film, the instructions including;

selecting at least one target image in the at least one frame; and

, extracting the at least one target image from the at least one frame;

moving the film through the telecine apparatus including;

operating on the film in accordance with the instructions provided to the telecine apparatus;

obtaining an image of the extracted at least one target image; and

, placing at least a portion of the obtained image of the at least one target image into a video stream.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selecting at least one target image includes zooming in on the at least one target image.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the extracting includes fragmenting the at least one frame with the at least one target image at least partially therein.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the processed film includes a negative.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein moving the film through the telecine includes moving the film through the telecine apparatus at a speed suitable for motion pictures.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein moving the speed suitable for motion pictures includes approximately 24 frames per second.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the providing the instructions is performed in a first run.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first run is performed manually.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the moving the film is performed in a second run, the second run subsequent to the first run.

26. The method of claim 17, wherein the second run is performed automatically.