Essential Film Everything You Need to Know about Photochemical Film Preservation in 20 Minutes or Less Michael Pogorzelski, Academy Film Archive
Film Negatives / Film Positives • The film strip which passes through the camera always creates a negative image • Negative is run through printer with a piece of raw stock to make a viewable positive print
Reversal Masters – Camera Original that is a Positive Image • Sometimes referred to as “monopack” • Began appearing in mid-30 s • Kodachrome: Eastman Kodak product which produces luminous colors which will not fade.
Film Gauges • 35 mm 16 mm
YCM Alignment Frame
Black and White Terms • Original camera negative: the film strip which ran through the camera • Fine Grain Master Positive: a second generation element made at lower contrast for duplication purposes. • Duplicate negative aka “dupe negative”: a non-camera negative made from a positive source (Fine Grain or positive print)
Color Terms • Original camera negative: the film strip which ran through the camera • Interpositive: a second-generation element made at low contrast level. • Internegative: a non-camera negative used to make prints. • Separation Masters: three positive b/w records of each portion of the color spectrum.
YCM Alignment Frame
All 3 records form complete color spectrum
Different kinds of “prints” • answer print – a fully-timed print which is approved as the final result. • “check print” – a print made from a negative at ‘best lite, ’ NOT corrected scene to scene by a color timer. • “release print” – a print made with approved lites that does not require any timing.
What do I need from the lab to “preserve” my film? • 1) Preservation element • 2) Access element • 3) Production element (if possible)
Starting with a negative • Step 1: create answer print from negative. • Step 2: create FGMP or IP (preservation element). • Step 3: create dupe negative (production element). • Step 4: create check print from dupe negative.
Starting with a positive • Step 1: Create a dupe negative from positive original (preservation element). • Step 2: Create an answer print from new negative (access element). • Step 3: Create a master positive (FGMP or IP).
Approximate Costs • Fully timed answer print: $1. 08 - $2. 08 / ft. • Interpositive: $0. 98 - $1. 58 / ft. • Internegative: $0. 68 - $1. 18 / ft. • Check print: $0. 28 - $0. 68 / ft. Or lower? Or higher?
The Curse of Quon Gwon (1917)
Preserving Quon Gwon • 1) Make a fully timed answer print from 35 mm negative. • 2) Create Fine Grain Master Positive from original 35 mm negative. • 3) Create 16 mm duplicate negative from print.
Presenting Quon Gwon • 4) Transfer 35 mm answer print and 16 mm print. • 5) Edit all surviving footage together into sequence on an Avid workstation. • 6) Create video submaster for duplication purposes. • 7) Create dvds for access purposes.
Quon Gwon costs • Lab costs: approximately $7, 600 • Video transfers: $500 • Plus internal archive costs (shipping, travel, staff time, etc. )
Laboratories Cinetech, Inc. 27200 Tourney Road Suite 100 Valencia, CA 91355 661 -222 -9073 phone http: //www. cinetech. com Film Technology Company, Inc. 726 North Cole Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038 310 -395 -5595 phone http: //www. filmtech. com YCM Laboratories 3140 Clybourn Avenue Burbank, CA 91505 818 843 -5300 http: //www. ycmlaboratories. com Cinema Lab 2735 S. Raritan Street Englewood, CO 80110 (303) 783 -1020 phone http: //cinemlab. com Triage Motion Picture Services 516 North Larchmont Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90004 323 962 -7420 phone http: //www. triage. to Cineric Inc. 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 508 New York, NY 10036 212 586 -4822 phone http: //www. cineric. com Colorlab 5708 Arundel Avenue Rockville, MD 20852 301 770 -2128 phone http: //www. colorlab. com
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