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John Saunders
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2004

posted June 29, 2006 04:32 PM

Hi guys,
Have a rather odd inquiry here.

Okay -
Awhile ago I obtained a rare 16mm feature (silent) which had a lot of problems. Bad sprocket holes, beginning to warp, etc.
It also needed a lot of work due to missing/damaged titles and inter-titles.
I had the film telecined (ntsc) to video and restored all the titles and inter-titles digitally.
I now have a decent watchable copy of this..only problem - it's on video. (about 50 minutes long).
I'd like to have it on film...preferably 8mm.
Any idea on how to go about this?
(hopefully without costing a fortune?)

ANY ideas suggestions appreciated.

I have read several articles on inverse telecine, but still haven't quite gotten a good grasp of this.

In addition to this movie, I also have other rare silent material which have been telecined from 35mm nitrate prints to video.
Very nice, but well..again, it's on video and i'd much prefer to have them on film.

Has to be an affordable way to do this?

John

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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 815
From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006

posted June 29, 2006 05:21 PM

Hi,

Andec is doing a video to 35mm-film-transfer (and hence probably to 16mm or Super8, too):
http://www.andecfilm.de/html/video_to_film.htm

The "Black & White Film Factory" is offering a "Video, Computer Files, Graphics & Animation to Super 8 Film"-service, but it looks like they can only do this with b&w-films:
http://www.blackandwhitefilmfactory.com/super_8.htm

exclusivefilm might be the company you're looking for:
"Videotape to film transfers allow you to have a completed film version of any videotape on Super 8, 16, or 35mm film."
http://exclusivefilm.net/transfers.html

Good luck,
Jörg

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Dave Cragg
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 166
From: Merseyside, Great Britain
Registered: Jun 2005

posted June 30, 2006 12:31 PM

Hi,
contacted the Canadian site; they charge $25.00 plus tax (US or Canadian?)per foot. That means over $50,000 for a full feature!

Also would assume there would be copyright issues with copying feature films.
Think these sites are more for amateurs converting there own video productions to film.

Dave

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Wide eyed novice.

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John Saunders
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2004

posted June 30, 2006 02:22 PM

I just contacted them as well.
$25.00 (plus tax) per minute I think it was (which is still really expensive). Over $1600 for a 60 minute film.
Another one charges $60.00 per minute.

I'm hoping basically to try to put something together myself that I can use(a hobby addition).

I don't think getting a video onto a film is going too be hard to achieve but getting a decent result might be a bit tricky?

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted June 30, 2006 07:06 PM

Seems to me the simplest way would be to shoot with a super-8 camera off an LCD display, one frame at a time. The problem would be having to make test shoots to figure out both the camera's exposure and shutter time, and the LCD's proper brightness/contrast/color temperature settings. But it's not impossible...

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