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Motion Picture - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (6846 words) |
 | Motion pictures are recorded using specially designed cameras that capture the images on rolls of film. |
 | Motion pictures are filmed in hundreds of brief shots, which must be arranged into a final product that fulfills the vision of the director and producer. |
 | Camera lenses of different focal length are used as required to gain the desired perspective or photographic effect, and changing the lens aperture (opening) controls the amount of light that reaches the film. |
| Class Definition for Class 352 - OPTICS: MOTION PICTURES (4160 words) |
 | The exhibitors may display the motion pictures by either affording the viewer a direct view of the pictures with or without the aid of optical magnifiers, or optically projecting a real image of the pictures on a surface which is visible to the viewers. |
 | The individual pictures of the motion picture series may be carried on an opaque or transparent base, which may be in the form of a strip, a disc, a drum or individual plates. |
 | Subject matter in which one picture of the motion picture sequence is recorded or reproduced during the change period of the preceding picture so as to effect alternate projection from separate carriers or separate areas of a common carrier. |