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He was also responsible for the Enterprise moving through V'ger sequence in Star Trek the Motion(less) picture...Beautiful, but....(snore...) Not his fault...!

Brainstorm was originally going to be shot in two formats - 35mm for the standard movie and Showscan - 60 frame per second 70 mm film for all the "brainstorm"- subjective views. Budgetary concerns, and the necessity to install Showscan projectors in theaters squelched the idea, but Showscan movies are still being made and shown around the world. It's an amazing viewing experience...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://fraser.typepad.com/a_girl_a_gun/2004/08/existenz_cronen.html]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/
They also used plain stereo sound for the regular sequences and full surround sound for the "brainstorm" shots...

The overall effect was quite dramatic -- you really felt like you were being immersed in the reality being played back by the brainstorm unit...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/
If you haven't actually seen showscan, I highly recommend it. It was actually looked into by the military for it's ability to convey more data to the brain. Explanation : divide one second into 60 parts - 24 of those parts actually convey data to the brain while 36 of those parts are actually BLACK or consisting of No data. Showscan actually conveys almost 2/3rds more stuff to process...

Doug actually spoke a while ago about going in and redoing the film and showing in showscan theaters...But that was quite a while ago...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/29/movie-gadget-friday-the-brain-scanner-from-brainstorm/Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM