Foley Room and Cinerama

In class we viewed two documentaries, The Foley Room and Cinerama. Having already watched the film on the Foley Room I was surprised at how much it still shocked me. To think about this process is fascinating because it takes twice as long to create a film, than if they just left the original sound. What I also found to be interesting was the different ways they thought of to create the different sounds and the idea that all this happens in a single room.

The second film we watched was Cinerama. This film was used to introduce the widescreen process. The idea of this was interesting and was a big deal back in the day. What caught my attention was the idea that they used three different projectors and had to synchronize them in order for the pictures across the screen and the sound to line up. If one of the pictures were behind the others it would mess up the showing. Although, this wasn’t one of my favorite films I believe it still has educational value for everyone who has an interest in film.