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Idea: 35mm Transfer - make a preservation project from it? — Page 3

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red5-626 said:

 

any one see this ?

http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/how-do-they-do-it-restoring-film-at-the-bfi/

 

A very basic restoration. Newer color footage is actually more prone to problems than old black & white nitrate. Check out the large format projects that Robert A. Harris has worked on. In particular, Spartacus had to be restored from black & white separation masters that had all shrunk at different rates. They had to build a special rig in order to get them to match. The audio for a deleted scene had to be re-recorded as well.

Also, check out these great articles he's written:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/robertharris/index.html

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Will at least the Newer color film will not spontaneously combust like Nitrate

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red5-626 said:

Will at least the Newer color film will not spontaneously combust like Nitrate

 

It's a matter of sudden destruction vs. slow destruction (dissolving into vinegar).

Barring it starting on fire, nitrate can last decades longer than safety under proper storage.

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ok, 

got reel 3 of ESB now.

it's very pink faded, can't tell

about the scratches yet... no

vinegar smell... however, there's

a lot of splices at the beginning...

and the film seems to be twisted a bit..

 

as long as it has the few minutes that we

need, it should be enough..

 

later

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Any update on this? Very interested to see the outcome

 

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I'd be cautious about such a reel without seeing some frames. Could be really red or pink at this point.

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Where were you in '77?

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Looks like the preview is no longer available.

I wanted to contribute an idea. While it may be nearly impossible to find original 35mm prints of sufficient quality, perhaps someone could obtain '97 SE prints, as these appear for sale much more often on places such as this other forum:

http://www.35mmforum.com/

These obviously wouldn't be as useful as the originals, but a '97 SE copy in HD would be much easier to (Forgive me, I'm lacking a better word...) despecialize than the 2004 HD broadcast. Not to mention, there could hypothetically be potential to telecine at a higher resolution that 2k.

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The mic was in picture!

^_^

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well the trailer was relisted,

but it was bought up..

that's ok..

working on another promo

that we have.. should be fun..

later

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