L.C. Concept

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LC Concept was a 35 mm film projection sound format, developed in France and released in 1991. It used 5.25" 300 megabyte capacity re-writable magneto-optical disks to hold 4 or 5.1 channels of MUSICAM compressed audio. Two disks were used to hold approximately three hours of sound. The system was adopted in France, Belgium, and Switzerland. A large litigation against Universal, Spielberg and DTS frightened the investors. DTS had to buy the LC patents to resolve the issue.[1]

The system was developed by Pascal Chedeville and Elisabeth Löchen. A standard SMPTE timecode printed next to analogue soundtrack on the film print was read by a reader connected to the playback unit kept the playback in sync. The system was tested with a re-release of the Cyrano de Bergerac, and the first commercial release was Until the End of the World.[2] Overall, around 30 features were released in this format in France, among which:

Basic Instinct, Free Willy, Falling Down, Cliffhanger, Backbeat, Silent Tongue, Boiling Point, Heaven and Earth, Cyrano de Bergerac, L.627, The Lover, Until the End of the World, The Accompanist,  [fr], All the World's Mornings, Arizona Dream, La Belle Histoire, Bitter Moon.

The company folded in 1994 due to lack of funding.[2] Pascal Chedeville received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1995.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Le lexique subjectif d'Emir Kusturica: Portrait d'un réalisateur - Page 28 Matthieu Dhennin - 2006 "LC Concept - Format de son numérique associé à une pellicule 35 millimètres mis au point à la fin des années 1980 par deux ... Le procédé LC Concept a eu une existence commerciale très courte. En effet, trois ans après son apparition, ..."
  2. ^ a b "Multichannel Film Sound". mkpe.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  3. ^ "Nick's Auditorium : the Digital Revolution". users.telenet.be. Retrieved 2019-06-02.


Stub icon

This film technology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""