Kamera

English translation: colour format

19:55 Jul 22, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Filmography
German term or phrase: Kamera
I'm translating the profile of a person who has done many things in the arts, including producing documentary films. Laid out in tabular form is a list of his films with the following headings: Jahr, Titel, Länge, Kamera, Anmerkungen. Under the Kamera heading it simply says whether the film was shot in black-and-white or colour.

My sense is that 'Camera' is not going to be the best translation. 'Film stock' feels a bit clunky. Does anyone have any suggestions that make better sense.

This text is for people well-versed in the arts; no dumbing-down required. I'm looking for UK English. Thanks for your help.
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:25
English translation:colour format
Explanation:
The Festival of Animated Film submission form offers "color format" as a selection button (with color, black & white, or the combination thereof as selection options).
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Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 15:25
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Thank you, Lonnie
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Summary of answers provided
4film type or stock
Johannes Gleim
4colour format
Lonnie Legg
3mode
Michael Martin, MA
2Cinematography
Axel Dittmer


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mode


Explanation:
mode: black-and-white or colour

Many cameras have a black-and-white or colour mode


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Note added at 33 mins (2019-07-22 20:28:09 GMT)
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Should have been "and" instead of "or": Many cameras have a black-and-white and a colour mode

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 10:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Cinematography


Explanation:
check categorys at awards, best cinematorgraphy, beste Kamera
'Mit dem Oscar für die beste Kamera werden die Kameraleute eines Films geehrt. Von 1940 bis 1967 (außer 1958) wurden die Oscars für Schwarzweiß- und Farbfilm getrennt vergeben, es gab also zwei Oscars für die beste Kameraführung.'
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar/Beste_Kamera

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-07-22 21:28:28 GMT)
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'From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinemat...

Axel Dittmer
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thanks, but this is a different use of the term.

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film type or stock


Explanation:
Why not?

Either black-and-white film or colour film.

Die Entwicklung vom Schwarzweiß- zum Farbfilm war keine zwangsläufige Abfolge; gerade aus der Frühzeit des Films ist eine Vielzahl von Farbexperimenten bekannt. 
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbfilm

Color motion picture film refers both to unexposed color photographic film in a format suitable for use in a motion picture camera, and to finished motion picture film, ready for use in a projector, which bears images in color.
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During 1920, the first practical subtractive color processes were introduced. These also used black-and-white film to photograph multiple color-filtered source images, but the final product was a multicolored print that did not require special projection equipment. 
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The first motion pictures were photographed using a simple homogeneous photographic emulsion that yielded a black-and-white image—that is, an image in shades of gray, ranging from black to white, corresponding to the luminous intensity of each point on the photographed subject. 
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The earliest motion picture stocks were orthochromatic, and recorded blue and green light, but not red. Recording all three spectral regions required making film stock panchromatic to some degree. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_motion_picture_film



Johannes Gleim
Local time: 15:25
Native speaker of: German
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colour format


Explanation:
The Festival of Animated Film submission form offers "color format" as a selection button (with color, black & white, or the combination thereof as selection options).

Example sentence(s):
  • Choose color format

    Reference: http://www.fa-berlin.com/misc/submit/
Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 15:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 47
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