VistaVision is a higher resolution, widescreen variant of the 35 mm motion picture film format that was created by engineers at Paramount Pictures in 1954. Paramount did not use anamorphic processes such as CinemaScope but refined the quality of its flat widescreen system by orienting the 35 mm … See moreAs a response to an industry recession caused largely by the popularity of television, the Hollywood studios turned to large-format films in order to regain audience … See moreIn 1975, a small group of artists and technicians (including Richard Edlund, who was to receive two Academy Awards for his work) revived … See moreWhite Christmas was the first Paramount film to utilize the VistaVision method, but perhaps the most well-known film to be filmed completely in VistaVision format is Alfred Hitchcock's See more• Technirama• List of film formats• List of VistaVision films See moreVistaVision (8/35)• Spherical lenses, usually adapted and remounted Leica full-frame Rangefinder camera lenses; SOM … See moreThe camera numbered VistaVision #1 that was used on Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments and several Alfred Hitchcock films … See more• Hart, Martin (1996). "The Development of VistaVision: Paramount Marches to a Different Drummer". Retrieved 2004-12-28. See more

The following is a list of films filmed using the VistaVision process. Titles in bold are black-and-white films. Titles with an asterisk (*) are color films processed by a laboratory other than Technicolor.

It was a high quality way to capture widescreen motion picture images. But how does it work? And why did it not last into the 1960's? Check out my video to learn more! VistaVision movies …

How the creation of unique Vistavision Cameras lead to the game-changing special effects of Star Wars and how they may have had an effect on our modern digital camera sensor sizes.