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A list of exhibition film gauges:
The '''gauge''' of a film, literally, is its width. "Gauge" is commonly used synonymously with film '''format'''. (Pedantically, there are certain exceptions: [[IMAX]] is technically a specific format of [[70mm]] gauge film, [[Super 8]] is a specific format of [[8mm]] gauge film, etc.)


Formats that you may encounter in exhibition contexts include:
====Theatrical gauges====
* [[16mm]]
* [[35mm]]
* large format: [[70mm]], [[IMAX]]
=====Frames per Foot (theatrical gauges)=====
16mm: 1 foot = 40 frames
35mm: 1 foot = 16 frames
5/70mm: 12.8 frames
====Nontheatrical gauges====
* [[8mm]]
* [[8mm]]
* [[Super 8]]
* [[Super 8]]
* [[9.5mm]]
* [[9.5mm]]
* [[16mm]]
* [[28mm]]
* [[28mm]]
* [[35mm]]
 
====Large formats====
* [[70mm]]
* [[70mm]]
* [[IMAX]]
* [[IMAX]]


[[Category:Film components]]
 
==External Links==
* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_formats List of film formats]
 
[[Category:Film prints]]
[[Category:Film gauges]]
[[Category:Film gauges]]

Latest revision as of 16:03, 30 March 2017

The gauge of a film, literally, is its width. "Gauge" is commonly used synonymously with film format. (Pedantically, there are certain exceptions: IMAX is technically a specific format of 70mm gauge film, Super 8 is a specific format of 8mm gauge film, etc.)

Formats that you may encounter in exhibition contexts include:


Theatrical gauges

Frames per Foot (theatrical gauges)

16mm: 1 foot = 40 frames

35mm: 1 foot = 16 frames

5/70mm: 12.8 frames

Nontheatrical gauges

Large formats


External Links