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Topic: Film Restoration??
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Bill Bidwell
Film Handler
Posts: 1
From: Englewood, CO, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-24-2001 11:41 AM
Dear Brad and other Techies, I have a 15-minute "short" that's about 20-years old. In a former life I was self-employed in a retail bicycle sales/service business. From an organizational standpoint, I got involved in bicycle racing. A retired projectionist/friend gave me a present about 10-years ago of this short which was of the Red Zinger Bicycle Classic bike race. At the time it was the biggest bicycle race in the U.S. I got involved with it's successor, the Coors International Bicycle Classic. Anyway, I don't want to bore you with details. This print has GOT to be pretty brittle by now. I haven't shown it for probably 8-years. It has little value to anyone but me and I'm wondering if/how it can be restored? Would this be cost prohibitive? Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help anyone can provide. Bill Bidwell bbidwell@uatc.com
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John Pytlak
Film God
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-24-2001 12:34 PM
If your print is not too faded or shrunken, a high quality mastering copy can usually be made. A film master would entail making an internegative and new sound negative, from which additional release prints could be made. Some color correction is possible during printing, but excessive fading would require making separation positives (to allow contrast control for each color) or a "digital intermediate". A video master could be made on a telecine (e.g., the Philips Spirit), which allows considerable control over color and tone scale. Even if you make a video master, keep the original film elements, as they will likely last longer than any video format if stored properly, and can be used to make new video transfers as digital formats evolve.Kodak's website has a fairly comprehensive listing of film laboratories and film-to-video transfer facilities: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/industry/labs.shtml Colorado labs include: Name: Rocky Mountain Film Lab Address: 560 Geneva Street City: Aurora Co 80010 Phone: 303-364-6444 FAX: 303-340-3449 Net Address: http://www.rockymountainfilm.com Name: Western Cine Film & Video Address: 2735 S. Raritan St. City: Englewood CO 80110 Phone: 303-783-1020 FAX: 303-806-0555 Net Address: http://www.westerncine.com Film-to-video transfer facilities in Colorado include: Name: Works Video Media Address #7 Inverness Drive East City Englewood CO, 80112 Phone: 303-741-3400 FAX: 303-708-8375 Website: http://www.theworksonline.com Equipment & Services: Rank Mark III with DaVinci 888 Color Corrector with DUI Cost will vary with the lab, and the condition of your print. If your film is of historical interest, you may be able to interest a film archive in preserving it. The AFI has a large list of "Preservation Links": http://www.afionline.org/ ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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