Method for recomposing large format media

• US 7,474,328 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2005
• Issued: 01/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Arrowhead Media Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Arrowhead Media Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Courtney, Erik W., Brunkhardt, Benjamin P.
• Primary Examiner(s): RAO, ANAND SHASHIKANT
• Application Number:
  US11/101,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20050286885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 348 90-120
• US Class Current: 348/96
• 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:

selecting at least one target image from at least one frame of large format processed motion picture film, the film comprising a sequence of frames for a filmed shot;

isolating the at least one target image;

extracting the at least one target image from the film; and

positioning the extracted image in a video stream having a sequence of images configured as another shot.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein isolating the at least one target image comprises zooming in on the target image while maintaining a focus thereon.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein extracting comprises obtaining an image of the isolated at least one target image, and the method further comprises placing at least a portion of the obtained image in the video stream.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the film comprises a negative.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting the film from a group consisting of a negative, a positive, an internegative, an interpositive, and a print.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting the film from a group consisting of 65 mm film and 70 mm film.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising transferring the video stream into a media format.

24. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from the film;

isolating the plurality of target images;

extracting the plurality of target images from the film; and

positioning the plurality of target images in the video stream.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the film comprises a plurality of frames and selecting the plurality of target images comprises selecting each target image from a different frame of the film.

26. The method of claim 1 further comprising performing the isolating step after the selecting step and performing the extracting step after the isolating step.

8. A method for reconfiguring large format media comprising:

selecting at least one target image in at least one frame of large format processed motion picture film, the film comprising a sequence of frames for a filmed shot;

extracting target image data for the at least one target image from the at least one frame; and

placing at least a portion of the extracted target image data in a video stream having image data for a sequence of images configured as another shot.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising zooming in on the at least one target image while focusing on the at least one target image.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising identifying a position for the target image data for the video stream and placing the target image data at the position for the video stream.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the film comprises a negative.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising selecting the film from a group consisting of a negative, a positive, an internegative, an interpositive, and a print.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising selecting the film from a group consisting of 65 mm film and 70 mm film.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising transferring the video stream into a media format.

27. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from the film;

extracting other target image data for the plurality of target images;

placing at least another portion of the other target image data corresponding to each target image in the video stream.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the film comprises a plurality of frames and selecting the plurality of target images comprises selecting each target image from a different frame of the film.

15. A method for recomposing large format media comprising:

providing instructions to a telecine apparatus for operating on large format processed motion picture film comprising a sequence of frames for a filmed shot, the instructions comprising;

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

fragmenting the at least one target image from the at least one frame; and

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

extracting the fragmented target image; and

placing at least a portion of the extracted target image in a video stream having a sequence of images configured as another shot.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein operating on the film further comprises zooming in on the at least one target image while focusing on the at least one target image.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising identifying a position for the at least one portion of the extracted target image for the video stream and placing the at least the portion of the extracted target image at the position in the video stream.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising selecting the film from a group consisting of a negative, a positive, an internegative, an interpositive, and a print.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein operating on the film comprises moving the film at approximately 24 frames per second.

20. The method of claim 15 further comprising providing the instructions in a first run.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising performing the first run manually.

22. The method of claim 15 further comprising operating on the film in a second run subsequent to the first run.

23. The method of claim 15 further comprising performing the second run automatically.

29. A method for reconfiguring media comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from a plurality of frames of large format processed motion picture media comprising a sequence of frames for a shot;

identifying a position in a video stream for each target image, the video stream comprising another sequence of other images configured as another shot;

extracting each target image from the motion picture media; and

positioning each target image at the identified position in the video stream.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein selecting the plurality of target images comprises selecting each target image from a different frame of the motion picture media.

31. The method of claim 29 wherein selecting the plurality of target images comprises selecting the plurality of target images from a single frame of the motion picture media.

32. The method of claim 29 further comprising positioning each target image in a series of images.

33. The method of claim 29 further comprising transferring the video stream to a media format.

34. The method of claim 29 further comprising sequentially extracting each of the plurality of images and sequentially positioning each of the plurality of images for the video stream.

35. The method of claim 29 further comprising selecting the video stream from a group consisting of a digital media, an analog media, and the digital media and the analog media.

36. A method for reconfiguring media comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from a plurality of frames of large format processed motion picture media comprising a sequence of frames for a shot;

zooming in on each target image while focusing thereon;

identifying a position in a video stream for each target image, the video stream comprising another sequence of other images configured as another shot;

extracting each target image from the motion picture media after zooming in while focusing thereon; and

positioning each extracted target image at the identified position in the video stream.

37. A method for reconfiguring media comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from a plurality of frames of a large format processed motion picture media, the motion picture media comprising a sequence of frames for a shot and selected from a first group consisting of large format processed motion picture film and video corresponding to the large format processed motion picture film;

zooming in on each target image while focusing thereon;

identifying a position in a video stream for each target image;

extracting each target image from the motion picture media after zooming in while focusing thereon using at least one member of a second group consisting of a telecine device and a high resolution media scanning device; and

positioning each extracted target image at the identified position in the video stream.

38. A method for recomposing media comprising:

providing instructions to a high resolution media scanning device for operating on large format processed motion picture media, the motion picture media comprising a sequence of frames for a shot, the instructions comprising;

selecting at least one target image in at least one frame of the motion picture media; and

fragmenting the at least one target image from the at least one frame; and

operating on the motion picture media in accordance with the instructions provided to the scanning device comprising;

extracting the fragmented target image; and

placing at least a portion of the extracted target image in a video stream having another sequence of other images configured as another shot.

39. The method of claim 38 further comprising zooming in on the at least one target image while focusing on the at least one target image prior to extracting the at least one target image.

40. A method for reconfiguring media comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from a plurality of frames of a large format processed motion picture film, the large format processed motion picture film comprising a sequence of frames for a shot;

identifying a position in a video stream for each target image;

focusing on each target image while zooming in thereon;

extracting each target image from the large format processed motion picture film after focusing while zooming thereon; and

positioning each extracted target image at the identified position in the video stream to create another sequence of other frames configured as another shot.

41. A method for reconfiguring media comprising:

selecting a plurality of target images from a plurality of frames of a large format processed motion picture film, each target image selected from a different frame, the large format processed motion picture film comprising a sequence of frames for a shot;

identifying a position in a video stream for each target image;

focusing on each target image while zooming in thereon;

extracting each target image from the large format processed motion picture film after focusing while zooming thereon; and

positioning each extracted target image at the identified position in the video stream to create another sequence of other frames configured as another shot.