Essential Film

1. Essential Film Everything You Need to Know about Photochemical Film Preservation in 20 Minutes or Less Michael Pogorzelski, Academy Film Archive

2. 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

3. Reversal Masters – Camera Original that is a Positive Image • Sometimes referred to as “monopack” • Began appearing in mid-30s • Kodachrome: Eastman Kodak product which produces luminous colors which will not fade.

4. Film Gauges • 35mm 16mm

5. YCM Alignment Frame

6. 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)

7. 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.

8. YCM Alignment Frame

9. All 3 records form complete color spectrum

10. 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.

11. What do I need from the lab to “preserve” my film? • 1) Preservation element • 2) Access element • 3) Production element (if possible)

12. 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.

13. 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).

14. 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?

15. The Curse of Quon Gwon (1917)

16. Preserving Quon Gwon • 1) Make a fully timed answer print from 35mm negative. • 2) Create Fine Grain Master Positive from original 35mm negative. • 3) Create 16mm duplicate negative from print.

17. Presenting Quon Gwon • 4) Transfer 35mm answer print and 16mm 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.

18. Quon Gwon costs • Lab costs: approximately $7,600 • Video transfers: $500 • Plus internal archive costs (shipping, travel, staff time, etc.)

19. 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