Transitions is the first full-colour 3D IMAX film, created for the Canada Pavilion at Expo 86, co-directed by Colin Low and Tony Ianzelo and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It was built upon We Are Born of Stars created for Expo '85 in Tskuba, Japan, which used anaglyph 3D. The film is also notable for the first use of stereoscopic computer animation.[1][2]
| Transitions | |
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Colin Low |
| Produced by | Mark Zannis Barrie Howells |
| Cinematography | Ernest McNabb |
| Edited by | Michael McKennirey |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
| Animation by | Daniel Langlois |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Production
editCanadian National, the main sponsor of the Canada Pavilion, asked the NFB to produce a film about transportation in Canada, in keeping with the fair's theme “Transportation and Communications”.[2]
The film's computer animation sequence was produced by the Centre d'animatique unit of the NFB's French animation studio, credited to Daniel Langlois, shortly before he left the NFB to found Softimage.[3][4]
Projection
editTransitions was projected on a 70-by-50-foot (21 by 15 m) screen at the pavilion's CN IMAX Theatre, to over 1.75 million people, during a six-month run.[2][4]
See also
edit- Momentum, a 1992 NFB IMAX HD film for Seville Expo '92, by the same creative team as Transitions
- The Romance of Transportation in Canada, a 1952 NFB animated short about transportation in Canada, also directed by Colin Low
References
edit- ^ "Lethbridge Herald article in Mormon News". 14 December 2000. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c St-Pierre, Marc (16 July 2010). "The NFB and World Fairs, pt. 3: Vancouver and Expo 86". NFB.ca Blog. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Transitions". National Film Board of Canada collection.
- ^ a b Graham, Gerald G. (1989). Canadian film technology, 1896-1986. University of Delaware Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0874133479.
External links
edit- Transitions at IMDb