Team Negative1 - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 - 35mm Theatrical Version (Released) — Page 16

poita said:

I don't see any of this as a competition at all, I fully support anyone trying to preserve Star Wars on any format, it is hard work, but also lots of fun.

I'm a big supporter of the team, and have provided a ton of resources to the -1 effort, and am looking forward to seeing their final results.

 Agreed. Most of the people here, have no idea about the extent of co-operation, and  discussions, and groundwork that has been done in the background. It will be a fascinating story someday once all is said and done, to trace back the genesis of this project, and its development.

And for us with minimal monetary compensation or additional resources, we try to stay as self-funded as possible.

This would not be possible with a larger operation, and we prefer it that way.

We have also done all we can to maintain privacy and anonymity, so regardless of any action taken, we have many contingency plans.

So to that extent, we're not worried too much about future repercussions or reprisals, but we are not taking unnecessary risks either.

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Hint: There are several members that are part of our team that have never posted here in these forums. But you might have run across them somewhere else.

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Here is the first of many of the zoomed shots for ESB.

Low quality preview:

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k4crL3pegScLFR8uFYs

For screenshots, go here:

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https://plus.google.com/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5525747538664147553

Shots included:

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https://plus.google.com/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5525747538664147553/5643001583379037234?pid=5643001583379037234&oid=102542760950977079734

https://plus.google.com/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5525747538664147553/5643001584875842258?pid=5643001584875842258&oid=102542760950977079734

Discussion in this thread:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Complete-Comparison-of-Special-Edition-Visual-Changes/topic/11927/

There will be quite a few more of these quick shots posted shortly.

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Cool, looks good.

Any more shots of luke in the snow coming up? I really liked how it looked at the end of that clip :)

jero32 said:

Cool, looks good.

Any more shots of luke in the snow coming up? I really liked how it looked at the end of that clip :)

 Thanks. We are going to concentrate on all the zoomed shots for now. We may return to those scenes later on.

Look through the screenshot comparisons to get an idea of which ones are coming up. Most are cockpit shots, although theres Luke hanging upside down in the cave, which was cropped differently.

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Thanks for posting these.   Is the screenshot your scan vs. the BR or GOUT?

From the threads first post:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Complete-Comparison-of-Special-Edition-Visual-Changes/post/439942/#TopicPost439942

doubleofive:

I used WookieGroomer's Splitscreen 1080p wmv to take the frame-by-frame shots, and msycamore provided the 1997 screencaps.

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Backup up a little bit, this is the scene where Luke is captured by the Ice Creature:

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2qLC4E4vWkLH98v8Uf

Comparison shots are here:

Top: GOUT Middle: '97 Broadcast Bottom: 2004 DVD

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From this post:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Complete-Comparison-of-Special-Edition-Visual-Changes/post/576936/#TopicPost576936

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We will be sharing all the zoomed shots and possibly more when possible with Harmy for his ESB project, maybe for the 2.5 version. It's up to him.

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That's very cool of you. I really hope Harmy will seize this opportunity.

As show previously in this post:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Team-Negative1-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-1980-35mm-Theatrical-Version-Release-Details-and-Updates/post/689370/#TopicPost689370

Two of the prints we have, look like this:

This video was posted previously.

(newer partial Fuji print is on top, Kodak faded is on bottom):
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3oNSb06Us7gzB4UETM

2nd comparison:

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k5RL4ToUooE7rq8ypAo

Parts of the Kodak print were being provide to Harmy for ESB.

We hope to have a better Fuji print for reference, and possibly the 16mm LPP, and another print in the near future.

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Some of the prints have already been acquired. Its just a matter of shipping, scanning and storing them.

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We have been previewing the new Fuji print. Though slightly dirty on the headers and tails parts, the rest looks fairly clean.

It will possible to use this as a good color reference going forward for future versions. So less guessing on what the colors will look like.

A full review will be forthcoming.

Team Negative1

Great stuff - looking forward to seeing some shots. Would be good to see the colour of the Hoth scenes on this print, the Dagobah scenes, the cloud city approach amongst others.

Look forward to the review :)

team_negative1 said:

We have been previewing the new Fuji print. Though slightly dirty on the headers and tails parts, the rest looks fairly clean.

It will possible to use this as a good color reference going forward for future versions. So less guessing on what the colors will look like.

A full review will be forthcoming.

Team Negative1

 Fantastic!  Do you have a way to clean the physical film?

MrPib said:

team_negative1 said:

We have been previewing the new Fuji print. Though slightly dirty on the headers and tails parts, the rest looks fairly clean.

It will possible to use this as a good color reference going forward for future versions. So less guessing on what the colors will look like.

A full review will be forthcoming.

Team Negative1

 Fantastic!  Do you have a way to clean the physical film?

Yes, we use filmguard, and it helps quite a bit.

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We have previewed 2/3 of the film so far, and it looks like there is slightly less damage on the later reels. The color is consistent, but one other thing of note :

From cinch: "empire seems to have been made with 70mm in mind, the sides of the 35mm scope image are blacked out to bring the ar closer to 2.2:1."

That will make for some interesting choices once we are closer to completing this scan.

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