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Topic: Marketing prints
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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm
Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted July 23, 2006 10:01 AM
You're misunderstanding the term "marketing film" as there isn't one. "Marketing" is more of a brand name, like "Derann film" or "Piccolo film" or what-have-you. A number of companies such as Castle, Universal, Columbia and, well, Marketing released tons of digests of popular features, most often a 400ft. condensed version of the full story line (as opposed to a simple extract which shows a part of a feature uncut). The thinner film stock that's mentioned is what most collectors call estar or mylar film, it's simply film on a polyester base instead of a triacetate one. While it is indeed thinner, it's MUCH stronger than acetate. You will not be able to tear it apart with your fingers, for one thing. Because of its different chemical makeup it is also immune to the dreaded vinegar syndrome VS (which is the eventual consequence of a slow chemical breakdown of acetate-base films over time). Polyester and acetate films differ in their base only, not the emulsion, so they are the same in terms of color fading and image quality - that depends on the emulsion actually used (Eastman, LPP, Agfa, Fuji, etc.). They cannot be spliced with cement, only with tape. You can of course splice polyester films together, but intersplicing them with acetate stock is a bad idea since the image will then go in and out of focus due to the different film thicknesses - unless you have one of the rare projectors that have the film pressure plate on the lamp side rather than the lens side (such as the Beaulieu 708 or some Noris models).
I'm sure other members will have more to add, but this is a start.
-------------------- Call me Phoenix. *dusts off the ashes*
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God
Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted July 23, 2006 01:37 PM
Thanks Doctor Jan for the scientifical explanation.
Peter: Marketing was a German based company which released a LOT of titles worldwide: 200ft extracts, 400ft, 800ft, 1200ft and 1600ft digests as well as feature films. Mostly films from Paramount Pictures. The Godfather I & II, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, King Kong (76), Star Trek, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chinatown, Barbarella, War of the Worlds are some of the most commonly found films. Some titles were available in some countries only. Marketing International took care of the releases in English, French and Spanish. The later low fade, poly stock is top notch. Colours on my cutdown of Raiders are absolutely vivid.
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