team_negative1

As it turns out, there will be a better mono mix:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Mono-Mix-Restoration-Project/post/759903/#TopicPost759903

However, you will have to do your own edits to sync it correctly.

Team Negative1

We now will be able to post an improved version of this mix.

It has not been checked for GOUT compatability.

Team Negative1

Hi Harmy, no problem. We should have clarified it better.

And just to let everyone know.

Currently, we are working on several projects.

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1 First priority - Star Wars 35mm LPP with a few hybrid Eastman
  shot replacements

 2 Cleanup and restoration of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi 35mm

 3 Other 8mm/16mm versions of the trilogy.

Future plans might include:

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- SE versions trilogy

- Prequel trilogy

The Super 8mm side project took about a week, but was delayed a year due to

the sources. You know how that goes. Also, as a bonus, we got to sneak in a 

small preview of the 35mm LPP into it.

If the Empire Strikes Back 16mm LPP shows up, we will look at that also.

Yes, we could easily release a better Grindhouse for Star Wars, but we would

rather wait until we have a version that does the movie justice.

We don't have a fixed timetable for release. But we feel putting out some

intermediate releases will keep people happy until they are ready.

Due to some fortunate circumstances, we were able to put out a lot

of the archival versions of Empire Strikes Back for people to

enjoy ahead of time.

We do think Return of the Jedi should take a lot less time to complete

due to relatively good condition the prints are in.

Thanks for checking back with us.

Team Negative1

We have completed a first hybrid 1080p cut of our Workprint. The results look very good with the completed footage we have so far.

Some scenes look spectacular despite the damage that was on the print.

As work continues on the remaining reels, we will revisit this workprint as more footage becomes available.

There will be a basic color correction done on some of the scenes.

Some scenes have stabilization applied. 

There is minor cropping done also.

We will have some upcoming previews posted at AMPSdeux.

Status

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Reel 1 - Intro and crawl, 3 minutes worked on, rest in progress

Reel 2 - Done

Reel 3 - In progress

Reel 4 - Nearly done

Reel 5 - Done

Reel 6 - Credits done,rest in progress

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Team Negative1

Was going to get to this, but saw it was 20+ Gigs, could use a 4/9 Gig downscale.

Don't need it in full quality if someone has done it.

Thanks

Team Negative1

Here is the short 2 minute segment replaced with the LPP:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/post/759650/#TopicPost759650

Team Negative1

Here is a 2 minute clip used to patch the Super 8mm, at the end of its 2nd reel:

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https://vimeo.com/123361239

Password : OT

- No color correction

- Cropped heavily to 2.7 to match 8mm

Team Negative1

Here is a short sample from Reel 1: 

Note that the color has not been corrected,  and the large amount of grain.

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https://vimeo.com/123359322

Password : OT

Team Negative1

We have a scan of the 1981 crawl, in case it will be needed for an alternate version.

Team Negative1

We are currently only concerned with the Star Wars series currently. However, we would also like to do the Raiders trilogy eventually also.

There are scattered film projects here:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/forum.cfm/Other-Preservations-and-Fan-Projects/forum/18/

And many more underway at AMPSdeux on reddit.

Team Negative1

Here is a search for the files:

http://binsearch.info/?q=empire+strikes+back+35mm&max=100&adv_age=1100&server

Team Negative1

Contact : AntcuFaalb 

For information about joining AMPSdeux.

Analog Media Preservation Society: https://ssl.reddit.com/r/AMPSdeux

Team Negative1

Thanks for the comments. If you like these versions, you might like Star Wars Super 8mm Grindhouse that is coming out soon:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-on-Super8/topic/15797/

As far as Empire goes, the Bluray version has the issues fixed that are mentioned.

Team Negative1

Thanks for putting this up. The DCP version and the Deconstructed color corrected version have more saturated colors, that look like these. People should check those out also.

Team Negative1

Of course, big thanks to Poita. For Team Negative1 presents Poita's Star Wars Super 8mm Grindhouse v1.

And thanks to Anctufaalb for distribution.

Team Negative1

We'd be interested in seeing any other projects, or videos that other people are using this for.

There's about 60 copies of reel 1, and 20-30 copies of the remaining reels floating around out there.

We doubt people are just watching uncropped video without audio, or doing any editing on them.

Team Negative1

Just to update the status of this:

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Currently working on cleanup of Reel 1, Reel 3, and 6.

Some short previews of completed parts of Reel 1 coming up.

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We are working on an early preview Workprint of the whole print in 1080p, just to get an idea of how it will look.

There is color correction for Reel 1, and partially done for other reels.

This will incorporate all cleaned footage, including the crawl and end credits.

Running some low bitrate tests first, and the results are surprisingly good.

Of course, audio and other parts are temporary also.

We hope to post some screen shots and videos via reddit at AMPSdeux.

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http://www.reddit.com/r/AMPSdeux/comments/2sv3mh/star_wars_35mm_lpp_updates_and_progress/

Team Negative1

Here's a 720p version of that frame, from the 35mm:

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Full picture:

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http://i.imgur.com/hT30CtE.png

Will upload a 1080p version later.

****UPDATE : 1080p version:

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http://i.imgur.com/gAx3Jnb.jpg

NOTE : NOT color corrected.

Team Negative1

We wouldn't mind it, if they borrowed or used parts of it all.

Doubt it would ever happen though. Non-issue to us.

Team Negative1

We've already sent the complete credits for Return of the Jedi to Harmy.

Team Negative1

The scan in question, is currently the original 4 Reels.

When another becomes available, we will make another version.

Things left as an exercise for viewers:

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1 Color correction

2 Altering 35mm LPP footage to a lower resolution, and grain

3 Adding Greedo subtitles

4 Adding other soundtracks

5 Fixing a few sound sync issues, due to missing and damaged frames

6 Clean up and dirt scratch removal on the first half of film.

We figure someone will make it work with GOUT, subtitles, etc.

Have fun with it.

Team Negative1

Yes, we kept the ratio the same, should it be altered?

We could adjust it back to more standard ratios.

Thanks for putting up the alternate Reel 4, will take a look at it.

Team Negative1

This is the new version, that should become a standard, especially replacing Puggo's 16mm for film fans of the original.

We have made a combined version:

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1 Cropped and resized to correct 1080p

2 Patched 2 minutes+ that was missing after Reel 2, with LPP scan

3 Added stereo audio (NOT GOUT compatible)

4 Fixed duplicate scene in Reel 3

This new Grindhouse 8mm version is a much more reasonable 8 Gigs,

without much loss in quality.

Will keep you posted when it is complete.

Team Negative1

Thanks, didn't notice they were combined. Maybe it would be better to have one torrent with all the parts together.

Noticed that Reel 2 is about 3 Gigs larger than the others.

Team Negative1

Are the other reels being put up? We only see 2 so far.

Also noticed that you have to some rate changes to get the GOUT audio to sync to it.

We are going to make a combined version with audio synched to it.

Team Negative1