Accesing fan 35mm film scans

Kiriki-kun said:

Hi,

Recently I got interested in 35mm scans of movies I already know, or classics that didn’t yet seen.
I was digging a bit, but found only Star Wars (4k77 and the rest) and Terminator 2.
I found few topics here about financing those type of projects, but most of them is really old.

My question would be how I should be looking for those scans?
Should I PM everyone separetly?
I don’t mind paying for that, but also I’m not able to spend hundreds of $ for few scans

Thanks for help!

Welcome to the OT!
 

The Preservation of Other Properties section is where you’ll find most 35mm scan projects (outside of Star Wars).

There is a useful ❕ An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Preservation of Other Properties… ❕ thread pinned at the top of that site section. In this Index is a sub-category for 35mm ‘scanning opportunity’ preservation projects; + WIPs…
 

^ some of the projects featured in there ask for donations to help fund the scanning etc - and some others do not. For those projects that pique your interest… simply read through the thread, follow any instructions given… or if in doubt send a PM to project/thread creator.
 

Have a good look around the place and you’ll likely soon find any additional info & pointers you may be looking for - and good luck with it. 👍

The ❕ Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within ❕ thread may be of some help.
 

Kiriki-kun said:

Thanks for the reply!

I’m going through the topics, but most of them have only few generic answers, and looks dead (with some mentioning that author is not responding after collecting donations).
Is Discord more active? I’m trying to separate dead projects from alive and i’m not sure how to do that

Some project topics do take place in PMs or private conversations.

There has unfortunately been some leaks in recent times; with newbie members leaking scans online - with some even apparently attempting to pass scans off as their own.

This has understandably annoyed the film print owners, the scanners and project teams, and everyone involved in projects actually looking to preserve some of these quality films. So some are likely quite wary of new members…

Best way I can think of to gain their trust is to become an active / participating member of the forum, attempt to show you’re genuine, offer to help out or offer advice etc with any queries or issues etc, and you’ll soon be included in the various ‘trusted groups/members’ (for want of a better phrase).

Also, a few project creators have left in recent times due to the constant ‘link request’ posts made by newbies filling up the four main Fan Project sections of the site. Not even bothering to look up how things are done on here, how to ask for a project link, the site rules, nor leaving feedback or reviews, discussing the actual projects, or attempting to become members of the community. Just more and more ‘link request’ posts - with some of them indicating they don’t even own the official retail release (and just after ‘free stuff’)…

I have found a Fan Edit / Preservation Project I am interested in - but I don’t know how to get / acquire / download it?

or

❗ The correct way of… how to ask for a fan project …on the OriginalTrilogy•com ❗

PS: it may be worth asking the moderators to move this thread into the Preservation of Other Properties section of the site - it’ll likely get better coverage / more suited in there. 👍