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Topic: What do companies have against printing frame lines?
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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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posted 01-02-2003 01:10 PM
Unless I am mistaken, the first batch of new AMC snipes were printed by Deluxe and not Filmack. Filmack didn't have additional ads ready for ordereing when we got the preliminary batch, and said they would be available starting the first. Since they were printed at Deluxe, there are no printed frame lines, no Scotchguard, and the SRD track printed on.
The old AMC Previews, Silence is Golden, an Feature Presentations that were done at Filmack had nice white frame lies in all non-picture areas, Scothguard, and no SRD track. Im guessing when we start getting more of these from Filmack, we'll see more of the same, with te possible exception of the SRD track being left on.
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Brad Miller
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posted 01-02-2003 06:45 PM
Fuji? No problem with it at all. I find it tends to have richer colors and tends to have sharper contrast, but that could also be the way New Line shoots. New Line (Fuji) prints almost always have super deep black blacks and vibrant colors. Then again, New Line also commonly has inexcusable negative and interpositive dirt. I've noticed that Two Towers seems to be plagued with the "green syndrome", where whites are actually a very light shade of green.
I've noticed each studio tends to have a "look" like this (with exceptions of course). For example, Warner Bros has a nice clean sharp look to their image, but there is always too much green (Kodak). Buena Vista is the best, as their whites are actually stark white and their blacks are commonly pitch black (Kodak). Paramount seems to get it right 50% of the time (Kodak). They either have magnificent color balance and excellent contrast, or it is murky and green with poor registration. Sony is hit and miss, but I've never been completely impressed with any Sony print. Dreamworks is probably #2 or 3 on my list. Most of the time they have excellent prints, but often they don't have the "bite" that BV and New Line does.
Can anyone explain why the pattern from studio to studio? I would have assumed it would've depended on the DP and director of the film, but I keep seeing these consistencies. And what is it with the lab's fascination with green???
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John Pytlak
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posted 01-03-2003 07:58 AM
Brad wrote: "Fuji? No problem with it at all. I find it tends to have richer colors and tends to have sharper contrast, but that could also be the way New Line shoots. New Line (Fuji) prints almost always have super deep black blacks and vibrant colors. Then again, New Line also commonly has inexcusable negative and interpositive dirt. I've noticed that Two Towers seems to be plagued with the "green syndrome", where whites are actually a very light shade of green."
Each manufacturer's print stock has a different "look". Certainly the lab's color timing and process chemistry can affect the color and tone scale, but having whites that are consistently "a very light shade of green" may be a stock characteristic.
White (negative) dirt may be from poor handling of the negative, but often is due to dirt on the print film raw stock, that casts a "shadow image", leaving a white speck. Again, often a stock characteristic.
Kodak VISION Color Print Film was designed to have very little dirt from slitting and perforating, and the finishing operations have been engineered to produce the cleanest possible product. IMHO, the difference shows on the screen.
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