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TRON 4-Character Ektachrome Continuous-Tone Transparency (Walt Disney, 1982)....
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TRON 4-Character Ektachrome Continuous-Tone Transparency (Walt Disney, 1982). This remarkable Ektachrome continuous-tone transparency hails from the groundbreaking production of TRON. Development began in 1976, when director Steven Lisberger was inspired by the early video game Pong; fourteen years after release, the film received an Academy Award® for Technical Achievement recognizing its pioneering methods. To create TRON's luminous aesthetic, actors and sets were first photographed in black-and-white. This Kodalith enlargement, derived from 65mm B&W fine-grain photography by DP Bruce Logan, was mounted over a light source and re-photographed through colored camera filters. Because computers could not animate full frames then, imagery was produced one frame at a time. Associate producer and visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw later noted the term "CGI" only came into common use after TRON. Depicting Bruce Boxleitner as Tron, Dan Shor as Ram, and Jeff Bridges as Flynn, this transparency represents a single frame within the film's process. The piece measures approximately 20" x 12" (image 19" x 8.5") and presents in Fine condition-an evocative artifact of cinema's early digital frontier. A striking display on any modern lightbox.Auction Info
2025 December 12 - 15 The Art of Disney Signature® Auction #7408 (go to Auction Home page)
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December, 2025
12th-15th
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