I have stills of actual film frames from 35mm release prints and have seen a telecine version made from the release print, recorded inside a movie theatre, which shows deeper blues hinging slightly towards purple in the night scenes, and a golden-warm palette in the day scenes. Same as the 35mm film frames from Cameron’s ‘Aliens.’ I could upload the pictures here, but OT doesn’t have such a feature.
Do any of you actually have a DVD/VHS of that telecine? If so I would love to have it. I had a VHS of that TC back in 1998, it was the first time I actually saw “Titanic”. Unfortunately the tape was lost over time and I’ve never found it again.
To answer an earlier question I’m currently still working on converting the Titanic “Academy Award” Screener tape over. Unfortunately it has macro vision protection on it, so I had to purchase a device that removes that as the tape is played back. This also means I had to find a suitable VHS deck that could play the tape into that device, and out to my DVD recorder. I’ve recently acquired two VCRs in good shape so I’m hoping to work on it this weekend.
Congratulations on the find of the 35mm print at an affordable price as well. If there is an a effort undertaken to scan/preserve it I will contribute to the pot.