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Post #566691

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TServo2049
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Star Wars Colortiming & Cinematography (was What changes was done to STAR WARS in '93?)
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25-Feb-2012, 6:49 PM

Wow - this is proof that even as late as 1989, new prints that were intended for projection still had the original "warm" theatrical color timing. Obviously, it doesn't look like, say, the IB Tech screening Mike Verta went to, because it's on different stock, the print is tungsten-balanced for Super 8 projectors, the white balance of the digital camera may have affected how the colors came out in these photos (I've seen other Derann screengrabs that are either colder or warmer), and probably other variables as well.

Still, Mike's screenshots, the LPP print, the least faded of the 70mm film cells, and these Derann images all have certain color traits that reflect the way the film was timed back in '77.

Someone in Italy was selling a Derann print last year, and posted some screenshots on his blog: http://passionesuper8.blogspot.com/2011/09/star-wars-episode-iva-new-hope.html

They look a little cooler, with some blue-green tendencies that remind me of the Senator images. Still, I bet if you were to run these two Derann prints side-by-side in the same room on identical projectors, they'd look the same.