And 16mm is right on the edge of that - IIRC, the legality of owning 16mm came after a court decision that because one studio had offered 16mm prints for sale, rather than rent, that all prints were fair game.
Now back to your regularly scheduled broadcast.
Mavimao said:
pat man said:
bilditup1 said:
pat man said:
This is a non-faded Technicolor 35mm pint.From 1977,there was not many made for a home release.
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...That's an IB Tech print, not 35mm. The one Harmy timed it to is in better condition and doesn't have the vagaries of how the digital camera processed the image or whether the Senator used the right bulb
sorry I didn't know :(
No, you were right, the IB technicolor star wars prints were regular 35 mm sized prints.
While we're being pedantic, there were no 35mm films made for home release. 35mm is a pure commercial format. Now 16mm, that's a different matter.... :)
DVD-BOY said:
I would really like to see a bit of a side by side between these various formats.
+1. I know you're not going to have a whole bunch of time (or desire) to post screenshots, but comparisons of all of these filetypes would be nice (.tiff, .raw, .exr, Cineform, etc.) That way, we could pick the best looking file that was the smallest size.
I wouldn't know where to start either, but if it is (somewhat) easy to learn I wouldn't mind...
Check out some of the samples on their site. There's also a chapter from some book floating around on the internet that explains it pretty well - it is a really neat format. It tries to make digital files more film-like (ie: wider range of colors/response).
Go back a few pages - it was discussed there in detail. Also, the source Harmy colortimed to was IB Tech. It will never fade. It will never change color. Now, it could be a separate color timing for the IB print, but regardless, the way it looked on the film he colortimed to was exactly the way it should look. Remember that photographing a screen does not give you accurate results. Period. It is a good indicator (sometimes) unless it tries to brighten or darken to "fix" the white balance. Other than that, I think I would trust Harmy's scans (which may have come from Mike himself) over a picture of a frame, projected onto a screen.
Also, remember what he said when he released it? Please keep comments between PMs. Don't ruin the film for someone else. It is finished, and I don't think that Harmy would appreciate people griping about something that he spent hundreds of thousands of hours on, making it as perfect as he could given the sources he had.
/rant.
Interesting. What would be the reduction of file size, just as an estimate?
That might be a fair compromise.
I'm CONUS, too, so the shipping for me would not be a big deal - maybe $50-60 tops to ship the hard drives. However, for people who were interested, like Harmy, it could get really expensive really quickly. Not only would they have to fork out the money for the terabyte harddrives, but they would incur huge shipping costs. I just shipped 10 DVDs to a South American fellow and he had to pay $58 in shipping - and that was the dirt cheapest way. I just don't want our non-CONUS members to get shafted because it will be a huge file...
Would one be able to do a 1080p OpenEXR? I read a bit about it yesterday, but am still a little confused about what it does. Does it make the files smaller, using a better compression ratio or something?
I have to agree. I think that by as many people having the raw files as possible, that the "preservation factor" is the most it can be. It's like some of the studio audio files and bootlegs that leak occasionally; once they're out there, their rarity is diminished. Also, who would've thought even 5 or 6 years ago that a slightly large download would be 16gb? I think that as time goes on, the ability to download huge files will become more commonplace.
Check earlier in the thread re: Tatooine color timing. It is keyed to a '77 IB Tech print - that is how it should look. I didn't have any problems with stuttering, fwiw.
Also, in the future, please PM Harmy with questions about "errors" in the film. It could ruin it for somebody else if they didn't notice it.
Awesome! I am also looking forward to seeing Star Wars on film. This will be the first time I have ever seen a "film" version of it - I missed the original (not born yet!) and I missed the 1997 SE (too young) - so this is going to be really amazing. Thanks for all the hard work you have done, -1. :)
Just to clarify - when you say "shots," that means full camera scenes of 100+ frames, right?
Off topic: Harmy, do you mind if I put together that "Gout/Special Edition/V1.0/Remastered" comparison?
A free (decent) mixer like that is Audacity, fwiw. Pretty easy to use, but if you need help with it, I'd be glad to walk you through it...
That would be hilarious! Could you use the "moo" from the Holy Grail? You know - right when the French fling the cow at Arthur and his "silly English kanigguts"?
Yes, I meant with the shots already in the comparison - maybe the Bluray, then v. 1 then Remastered. I guess I'm not the only one that wants to show my friends the differences... :D
Hey Harmy, you know what would be really fun? A shot-by-shot comparison of De-Ed Remastered and the Blu-ray. :)
doubleofive said:
You have not truly lived:GeoMFilms said:
jetson sound is great. who is this johny which is jango/clones voices? keep up good work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Room_(film)
Indeed. They are using you, and you are the fool. (Watch the movie - you'll get it! hahaha)
I love that - "Oh, hai!" Awesome way to make sure that Johnny doesn't die with Jango...
Happy Birthday, Harmy! :D
I have to say that I agree with lurker77 - dewarping and stabilization are key parts of restoration, mainly because they can be very distracting if not done. In any case, these can usually be done later, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.
Obviously you pick based on best comedic actor.
I've also got 8 invites left to Myspleen, so just PM me if you need one. :)
Wait a sec - he's Batman???
Hooray!
I'd like to say thank you, in advance, for all the awesome work you've given us. :D
Not necessarily - I remember that RAH said that he would be willing to do it for free a while ago, and that Lucas turned him down. I don't think it would be below him to do a restoration w/ release prints at all. Look at what MVerta is able to accomplish with release prints...
-1, does this mean that the future projects will not be distributed?