Ngubani u Doug Trumbull? Kwaye Kutheni Kubalulekile Ukuba KuPaki IiPaki?

Umboneleli weFilimu kunye neProlific Inventor Uhlalutye iPark kunye ne-Movie Industries

Ukuba uye wakha indawo yendiza enyangeni ye-Endor kwi-Disney's Star Tours okanye i-zapped nge-laser-grade grade laser nguGru kwi- Parkable Me Minion kwiipaki ze-Universal, u-Douglas Trumbull uyabulela.

Ngoxa wayengabandakanyekanga ngqo kunye nokukhanga, yayinguTrumbull oye wavelisa ingcamango kunye neteknoloji yeendwendwe zokumisa izithambiso ezenza ukuba kwenzeke. Wayebona ukuzonwabisa kwiimpawu zeemoto zentengiso ezisebenzisayo ukuqeqesha abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya kwaye wakha uhambo lokuqala lokuhamba ngomfanisi.

Ukuveliswa kwakhe komhlaba kuqaliswe kwixesha elitsha lezinto ezikhangelelweyo ezisekelwe kumaphephandaba nakwezinye iindawo.

Ngaphandle kweendwendwe ze simulator, ukunqwenela kukaTrumbull kunye nefilimu kunye nokufuna kwakhe ukuphucula nokusetyenziswa kwamagcisa asetyenziselwa ukuthatha nokudlala imifanekiso ehambayo kuye kwaholela ekubeni ahambe, njengoko athi, "yenza umxholo ungabonakali kwizinto eziyinyaniso." Ngendlela, uhlakulele ubungqina bhanya-moya obunomtsalane kwaye wakhula iteknoloji engakholwanga enefuthe elide kwiipaki kunye nemidlalo yokuzonwabisa.

Khangela iPodcast yeCape Podcast kunye noDoug Trumbull, apho ndathatha inxaxheba. Uthetha ngokubanzi malunga nomsebenzi wakhe omde kunye nobuchwepheshe bakhe obutsha be-Magi.

Minyaka yo kuqala

Wazalelwa ngo-1942 eLos Angeles, eCalifornia, uTrumbull waye waba nefuthe elifanayo nguyise, unjineli kunye nomninimzi ongenamdla, kunye nonina, umculi. Banikezela i-DNA efanelekileyo kunye nemimandla ukunyusa indlela ye-Trumbull ye-techno-art career.

Wadla iincwadi zenzululwazi zengqungquthela njengomntwana. UTumbumbull wayebukele ngokulangazelela okukhulu njengoko iDisneyland yayakhiwa kwaye yayithanda ukutyelela ipaki emva kokuba ivule. Wayexhamla ngokukhethekileyo ngumboniso wokuqala, i -Art of Animation , kwaye wayethandwa ngumntu wokudala ihlabathi lezinto ezintle.

Uthi: "Ukwenza imizobo ifike kwaye ibenza bajikeleze unjengamazulu kum," usho.

Emva kokuthatha izifundo zezobugcisa kwiikholeji zasekuhlaleni, umsebenzi wokuqala kaTrumbull wawuse-studio yefilimu eyavelisa imifanekiso yezobugcisa kwi-NASA. Ngenye yeeprojekthi zakhe, wancedisa ukukhupha i-NASA ukukhanga, ukuya kwiNyanga kunye nangaphezulu , kwi- Fairfield ye-New York ye- 1964 yeNew York . Yayifakwe kwiCinerama 360 , ifomati yefestile yangaphambili, kwaye ixelwe kwidimoni. U-Arthur C. Clarke kunye nomenzi wefilimu uStanley Kubrick wabona ukukhangwa, kwaye uKubrick waqasha inkampani uTrumbull yenzelwe ukuyila imiphumo ekhethekileyo yefilimu yakhe ye-science fiction, 2001: i-Space Odyssey .

Iimpembelelo zeAllywood Special Maven

I-Trumbull yathetha kumsebenzi osebenza ngokuthe ngqo kuBubrick kwaye, kwiminyaka engama-20 ubudala, iphelile ekujongeni iziphumo ezibonakalayo ngo- 2001 . Wakha i-photo-scan-scan scan imagery esetyenziselwa ukulandelelana kweCorgate Corridor. I-Trumbull ibona umlawuli wexesha elide umbonisi nomcebisi. "Ukusebenza noKubrick ndibonise ukuba ifilimu ingaba ngamava aphantsi - ukuba abaphulaphuli babe ngaba yinxalenye yefilimu," utsho. "Wayesebenzisa zonke iikhompyutheni ezifumanekayo ngo- 2001 , kubandakanywa neCinerama, izikrini ezinkulu ze-stereo, isandi se-stereo yesithandathu-nokuba yintoni esathatha ukuthumela abaphulaphuli endaweni."

Ukusebenzisana nabanye abalawuli beHollywood abaneempembelelo, iTrumbull yenzelwe imiphumo yezinye iifilimi zazo ezinkulu. Amakhredithi akhe afaka iifowuni ezifutshane zohlobo lwesithathu ku-Steven Spielberg, i- Blade Runner ye-Ridley Scott, kunye ne- Star Trek: I-Motion Picture kunye ne -Andromeda Strain ye-Robert Wise. Wabuye wakhiqiza waza wayala iifilimu zakhe, kuquka ukuthutha okuSilunge kunye neBrainstorm .

Buyela kwizakhiwo

Ngowe-1972, uTrumbull waqalisa ubambiswano nophando kunye neParamount Pictures ukuphonononga iteknoloji entsha yezobugcisa. Wadala i-Showscan, inkqubo ebonisa iifilimu kuma-60 ozimele ngeesibini endaweni yeziqhelo eziqhelekileyo ezingama-24 ngesibini. Kwizinga eliphezulu lesreyithi, iingxaki ezinjengobuqhophololo kunye nokutshitshiswa kuncitshisiwe okanye kupheliswe, kwaye imifanekiso iyayicacisa, icacile, kwaye "yinyani."

I-Brainstorm kwakufuneka ibe yinto yokuqala yefrimu edutshulwayo kwaye iboniswe esebenzisa i-Showscan, kodwa imveliso ibhekene nobunzima obuninzi kuquka ukulahleka okungapheliyo kwenkwenkwezi yayo, uNatalie Wood, owafa phantsi kweemeko ezixhasayo. Amava ayegxotha uTrumbull, kwaye waphuma kwi-movie yemveli yeshishini. Imax icwecwe i-Showscan njengesiqalo esiphezulu se-screen, esaphelisa ngokuphumelelayo i-Showscan njengeteknoloji yezinga eliphezulu lobugcisa. (Okumangalisayo kukuba, uTrumbull wathenga i-Imax nabanye abatyala-mali, kwaye wancedisa ukwandisa iitrinethi ezinkulu kunye nokwenza ukuba kufumaneke kwiifrimu.)

Ukugxininisa endaweni yokuhlala kwiindawo ezizodwa, uTrumbull walandela intshutshiso yakhe yokuphula iingxaki phakathi kwabaphulaphuli kunye namafilimu. Ngowe-1974, ngoxa wayeseParamount, wakha waza wabonisa umboniso wendlela yokuqala yokuhamba. Wabuyela kwinqanaba ngo-1985 waza wavelisa iNkqantosi ye-Universe , evulekileyo eToronto kwaye yayiyindlela yokuqala yokuhamba kwendlela yokumisa simulator eyenziwa khona kuluntu. Ngokuqulunqa uhlobo kunye nokubonakalisa ukusebenza kwayo, uTumbumbul wavula umnyango ukuba angabikho nje ukukhwela kwimizi-simulator, kodwa zonke izixhobo ezikhangeleleneyo ezisezantsi.

I-Universal Studios yaseFlorida yazisa iTrumbull ukuba iqondise ifilimu kwaye incede ukuphuhlisa ukukhanga kwayo, ukubuyela kwixesha elizayo ... I-Ride , evule ngo-1991. Ukukhwela kwakunokutshatyalaliswa kwangoko kwaye kwandinceda ukutshintsha umfanekiso kunye neengcambu zeengxaki- epaki. Umtsalane, owawutyhulwa ngo-70mm waza walinganiselwa kwi-Omnimax dome, wavuleka kakhulu kwi- Universal Studios yaseHollywood . Buyela kwixesha elizayo ... I-Ride ivele ivalwe, kwaye i -Simpsons Ride ithathe indawo yalo.

Phakathi kwee-1990, uTrumbull kunye nenkampani yakhe yaseMassachusetts yakha izinto ezintathu ezikhangayo kwiLuxor Hotel neCasino eLas Vegas. (Kwangethuba likaSixeko ukuzama ukuhlaziya ngokwayo njengendawo yokuya ekhaya.) Iimpawu ezikhangayo zixelele ibali eliqhelekileyo, kodwa zasebenzisa iindlela ezintathu ezihlukeneyo, kubandakanywa ukuhamba kwendlela yokumisa isampula kunye nefilimu engama-48 ngeyesibini, i-Showscan ibhayisikobho eyaye yatshatyalaliswa njengentetho ebukhoma (leyo ingaphantsi kwayo inokutsalwa kunye neqondo layo eliphezulu lokunyathela), kunye ne "Drama of Future," ebonisa isikrini esikhulu, esicacileyo kunye neefowuni ezingama-48 ngeyesibili ifilimu yeVistaVision. Izinto ezikhangayo zivaliwe.

Ikusasa libukeka likhanya

Uqhubeka eshisa imigwaqo aze aqhube iifomvu zekhnoloji kunye nokukhangela iteknoloji kwiTrumbull Studios. Uphonononga kwaye aguqule yonke into eguqukileyo ekulandeleni ukupheleliswa kwe-cinematic. UTrumbull uthi: "Ukuba ufuna ukukholisa inkqubo yentsholongwane yomntu into ekubonayo yinyani, uyayidinga yonke isisombululo, konke ukukhanya, yonke intlawulo yesreyimu kunye nayo yonke into ongayenza ukuze ibonakale window kwi nyaniso. "

Ukuncedisa ukwenza imifanekiso ecacileyo (ingxaki eqhelekileyo kunye neenkundla zemafilimu eziqhelekileyo ziimeko zabo eziphantsi, ezingabangela imifanekiso enodaka), uye wagxininisa kubini abaprojekthi kunye nezikrini. Ngokusebenzisa isikrini saseTurus, esilungele iteknoloji yokucoca kwaye ivalwe, uTrumbull inako ukulungisela ukukhanya okucetywayo kubameli, ngokwenza kube lula ukukhanya. Uye walungiselela inkqubo yokubonakalisa i-retinal eyenza iifayile zifake ngokupheleleyo kwaye izothumela imifanekiso ngokuthe ngqo kwamehlo ababukeli. Olunye uveliso luquka ikranti yeritoji yokuba abaqhubi bekhamera bangakwazi ukuhamba. Ixhotyiswe ngeenzwa ezikhethekileyo ezilandelela ukunyakaza kwayo kwaye, xa zidibaniswa neenkqubo zikaTrumbull zelungelo lobunikazi, ziyakwazi ukuvelisa imvelaphi ebonakalayo ngexesha langempela.

Kodwa uphuhliso olumnandi kakhulu nguMagi, umzamo weTrumbull wakutshanje kwi-teknoloji yezinga eliphezulu. Iquka i-3D, isisombululo se-4K, kunye nama-120 ozimele ngesibini- 120! - ukunikela ngamava afika ngokukhawuleza ekujoliswe kuyo ekupheliseni ukuhlukana phakathi kweendaba kunye neyinyaniso. U-Trumbull uthemba ukuba uvumele i-teknoloji kubenzi befilimu kunye nabakhenkethi.

Ikhonkco elibuthathaka kwiindawo ezikhangayo ezixhaswa yi-media ngokuqhelekileyo ziyimidiya ngokwazo. Amava afana noHarry Potter omangalisayo we-Universal kunye nohambo olungathintekiyo luya kuba lube luphawu olusetyenzisiweyo ngokusebenzisa iMagi. Ukutshintshela ukulandelelana okufakwe kumnyama kunye negrained ngokulandelelwaniswa kunye nomfanekiso ophezulu ophezulu oza kwenza ukuba uhambo lube lukhulu ngakumbi.

I-Trumbull iphinda ihlakulele iMagi Pods, iifriji ezikhethiweyo eziza kubonisa iteknoloji entsha yefilimu. Uthemba ukuthengisa ii-theaters kwiindawo ezizodwa, kubandakanywa ipaki. Iingingqi zentlalo zingabonakalisa umxholo othile wepaki (njengeLooney Tunes okanye i-Media League kwimimandla ye-Six Flags) okanye iifilimi eziqhelekileyo eziveliswa yiTrumbull. Uphinde ujonge iziganeko ezikhethekileyo ezinjengeMagi imikhosi ecela abalawuli ukuba babonise iifilimu ezintsha ngezemidlalo ezigqithiseleyo, umculo okanye ezinye iintlobo.