Good morning Gents
as already mentioned before, i am not involved in the cinema industry and i would like to gather some technical info on Motion Picture Film Cameras.
First thing first: are there books or documents related to this topic? I managed to find a couple of patents on Free Patents Online, you can guess the basic cinematic chain of a camera movement but it is not as detailed and explaining. For other sources, i didn't know which books to look for.
Regarding the first technical on of the features i am curious about:
-The basic cinematic chain of a modern motion picture film camera
It concerns the transport of the film through the camera itself. I understand that it has to be a balanced mechanism in which all the Sprockets, The movement and the Magazine Spools contribute to the successful operation. In which way though? Which one of these components is primarily responsible for the film movement? Is it the movement itself? Or the sprockets? About the film magazines, i know arri and panavision installed electronics controlled motors in the magazines, in order to control film tension. How will they behave during operation? How was this achieved before installing those controls on the camera mag?
I think it is enough for now, i have plenty questions i will keep for later.
Thank you.
P.S.: No info or picture could be found regarding 70mm cameras (movements, ecc.), i am currently relying only on the user manuals, which are really really interesting (Arriflex 235, 435, 765