Omnimaxn.
/ˈɒmnɪmaks/, U.S. /ˈɑmniˌmæks/ Film.
A proprietary name for: a technique of widescreen cinematography in which 70mm film is projected through a fisheye lens on to a hemispherical screen. Frequently attributive.
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hold1918
slow motion1924
colourization1926
pixilation1947
Cinerama1950
memomotion1950
CinemaScope1953
Todd-AO1953
Vistavision1954
Panavision1955
Smell-O-Vision1958
kinescoping1961
blue screen1965
shaky camera1967
Imax1969
slo-mo1969
Omnimax1973
Sensurround1974
Pixelvision1987
shaky cam1988
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective]
slowed-down1919
slowed-up1920
speeded-up1931
multiplane1948
widescreen1949
BW1960
Imax1969
slo-mo1969
Omnimax1973
colorized2005
1973 Cinema Canada Aug.–Sept. 36/1 There are also two films made in an associated medium which we've developed called ‘Omnimax’. It is a dome show in which the picture is projected on the inside of a dome theatre.
1982 Sports Illustr. 7 June 84/3 The 360-degree-projection Omnimax theater with its geodesic dome.
2001 Chicago Tribune 7 Sept. ii. 5/3 Filmgoers who love Omnimax's you-are-there immersion can pig out on such big-screen winners as ‘Grand Canyon’ and ‘Everest’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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