Gasparcolor was a
color motion picture film
Color motion picture film refers both to unexposed color photographic film in a format suitable for use in a motion picture camera, and to finished motion picture film, ready for use in a projector, which bears images in color.
The first colo ...
system, developed in Berlin in 1933 by the Hungarian chemist Dr. Béla Gáspár (
Oraviczbánya, Transylvania 1898-1973). It used a
subtractive 3-color process on a single film strip, one of the earliest to do so.
During the 1930s and 1940s, it was used primarily in animation, notably by
Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger (June 22, 1900 – January 31, 1967) was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter, notable for creating abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music vid ...
(''Muratti Gets in the Act'', 1934; ''Composition in Blue'', 1935),
Len Lye
Leonard Charles Huia Lye (; 5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980) was a New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives including the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, M ...
(''Birth of a Robot'', ''Rainbow Dance'', both 1936), and
George Pal
George Pal (born György Pál Marczincsak; ; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after ...
. It also saw use in live-action film, including "Colour on the Thames" (1935).
, in his article for the Fischinger Archive, gives more detail about this history of this color process. Because of the darkening political climate in Europe, his hungarian-jewish wife Elly Tardos-Taussig (Szeged 1908-) comitted suicide, Dr. Gaspar eventually moved to Hollywood and sold his patents to
Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.
Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
and
3M.
See also
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Studio system
A studio system is a method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios. It is most often used in reference to Hollywood motion picture studios during the Golden Age of Hol ...
References
External links
Brian Pritchard's Gasparcolor data
Film and video technology
History of film
Mass media companies established in 1933
Mass media companies disestablished in 1967
Motion picture film formats
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