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'''CineMagic''' is the name of a film process invented by Norman Maurer and 3-D movie producer Sid Pink for the 1959 science-fiction film ''The Angry Red Planet'' to cast a red glow over scenes depicting the surface of Mars. The low-cost process made the actors look similar to cartoon drawings so they would fit in with low-budget, less realistic sets and props.
To achieve this effect, a black-and-white film negative was first processed with [[Physics:Solarisation|solarisation]] (a process which partially reverses the negative making some areas of the image appear positive). The resulting film was then [[Engineering:Film tinting|tinted]] red. Making a film positive was not necessary. At the time ''The Angry Red Planet'' was produced, black and white film cost less than color film and processing. The combination of using black-and-white film for all scenes depicting Mars and not needing to produce a film positive lowered production costs for the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=James|first=Bacon|title=New Picture Process Made|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19590907&id=iBosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4MYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4491,763658|work=Times Daily - Sep 7, 1959|publisher=Times Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=David |first=Hayes |title=The Last Interview with Sid Pink |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/the-last-interview-sid-pink-467.html |publisher=Yahoo! |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728220449/http://voices.yahoo.com/the-last-interview-sid-pink-467.html |archivedate=2014-07-28 |df= }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684335/ Sid Pink] at IMDB
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560816/ Norman Maurer] at IMDB.
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052564/ Angry Red Planet entry with images of CinemMagic effect] at IMDB

[[Category:Special effects]]

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