Todd-AOn.

Brit.

/ˌtɒdeɪˈəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌtɑdeɪˈoʊ/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Todd AO.

Etymology: < the name of the Todd AO Corporation (see note) < the name of Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, ?1907–58), U.S. stage and film producer, who developed the process + the initials of the name of the American Optical Company, who designed and supplied the optical equipment.The Todd AO Corporation was founded c1953 by the Magna Theatre Corporation, co-owned by Todd, and the American Optical Company; the process was first used commercially in the film Oklahoma! (1955).

Cinematography. Now historical.

A proprietary name for: a cinematic process for producing a widescreen image using a single camera and wide-format film. Usually attributive.Prior to the development of the Todd-AO process, three cameras had been necessary (cf. Cinerama n.).

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [noun]

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

1953 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. 38/2 The alliance of a group of Broadway and Hollywood showmen and producers as well as scientists of the American Optical Company resulted..in the development of the Todd-AO process.

1955 Times 6 Aug. 3/5 The Todd-AO process uses 70mm. film instead of the standard 35mm.

1958 New Statesman 26 Apr. 530/3 There can be no question about it; Todd-AO wipes the floor with Cinerama.

1958 Observer 27 Apr. 15/6 The Todd-AO screen is a huge, incurved affair.

1967 J. Willis Screen World 215/2 The Redeemer... In Todd-AO and Eastman Color.

1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 156 Both cinemas announced on the same day..the first movie theatre in the country with 70mm capability, Todd-AO and Six-Track Sound.

2010 D. M. Huber & R. E. Runstein Mod. Recording Techniques (ed. 7) xvii. 546 In the early 1950s, the first commercially successful multichannel sound formats came onto the scene with the development of CinemaScope (four-track 35 mm) and Todd-AO (six-track 70 mm).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	todd-ao
释义	Todd-AOn. Brit. /ˌtɒdeɪˈəʊ/, U.S. /ˌtɑdeɪˈoʊ/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Todd AO. Etymology: < the name of the Todd AO Corporation (see note) < the name of Michael Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, ?1907–58), U.S. stage and film producer, who developed the process + the initials of the name of the American Optical Company, who designed and supplied the optical equipment.The Todd AO Corporation was founded c1953 by the Magna Theatre Corporation, co-owned by Todd, and the American Optical Company; the process was first used commercially in the film Oklahoma! (1955). Cinematography. Now historical. A proprietary name for: a cinematic process for producing a widescreen image using a single camera and wide-format film. Usually attributive.Prior to the development of the Todd-AO process, three cameras had been necessary (cf. Cinerama n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [noun] 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 1953 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. 38/2 The alliance of a group of Broadway and Hollywood showmen and producers as well as scientists of the American Optical Company resulted..in the development of the Todd-AO process. 1955 Times 6 Aug. 3/5 The Todd-AO process uses 70mm. film instead of the standard 35mm. 1958 New Statesman 26 Apr. 530/3 There can be no question about it; Todd-AO wipes the floor with Cinerama. 1958 Observer 27 Apr. 15/6 The Todd-AO screen is a huge, incurved affair. 1967 J. Willis Screen World 215/2 The Redeemer... In Todd-AO and Eastman Color. 1991 R. Mistry Such Long Journey (1992) 156 Both cinemas announced on the same day..the first movie theatre in the country with 70mm capability, Todd-AO and Six-Track Sound. 2010 D. M. Huber & R. E. Runstein Mod. Recording Techniques (ed. 7) xvii. 546 In the early 1950s, the first commercially successful multichannel sound formats came onto the scene with the development of CinemaScope (four-track 35 mm) and Todd-AO (six-track 70 mm). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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