Abstract: Immersive cinema represents a new set of technological and aesthetic standards of paramount importance that support the sensual experience and actual immersion of the spectator in its surroundings. These standards are at the heart of the new designs of theater, film production and projection techniques, and new films that are produced and displayed. This kind of emerging cinema still raises questions about whether the frameworks of understanding of the old forms of cinema, and even understanding our relationship with ourselves in cinema, is out of date?
The research identifies types of Immersive environments, the planetarium (the subject of research), simulators, the cave and Head mounted display. It also addresses, dome types and classify it into two categories: fixed and portable.
In addition, the study deals with the restrictions and limitations of projecting Immersive films such as rapid visual changes occurring in the 360 ° environment, which tend to use long scenes, with the gradual transfer between shots at cuts, specially cares about both the location of objects in space and the speed of movement.
It is clear from the research that there are considerations that must be taken into account by the designers and the animators in the production of the Immersive films due to the difference in the nature of the medium in addition to some general criteria which are related to the frame rate, resolution and frame structure.
The research addresses the challenges faces filmmakers, which are directly related to the huge size of the image. Designers must model more objects in a single scene with more details than what is needed in a traditional cinematic scene due to its wide field of view, add to that challenges related to production tools and projection, as projection facilities, image resolution and dome size vary from dome to another.
Keywords: Planetarium, Immersive cinema, Immersive environments, Fulldome, VR.
Title: Immersive Cinema production: Characteristics, General standards & Patterns
Author: Sharif El-Sayed Sharif
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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