8mm Forum: 16mm "begin titles"

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Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on July 21, 2006, 10:48 AM:

Hi everyone!

I have some 16mm movies where unfotunately the Main Titles (begin ones) are missing.

As anyone experience or suggestions on how to re-create them, for example from a DVD?
I don't have any 16mm accessory (camera, etc) so I should ask for a service like this. Any idea?

Thanks
Flavio

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on July 23, 2006, 06:42 AM:

I know of people in the UK that have managed to borrow another print and get the title copied at a lab. As it costs about £1.50 per foot here, it could be quite expensive. As for DVD, I recall that SmallFormat issue 1 mentioned somewhere that could transfer a digital image to Super 8 so maybe they could manage 16mm, although if they could, I'm not sure if they could produce an optical soundtrack at the same time.

Posted by Kingsley Candler (Member # 546) on July 23, 2006, 05:36 PM:

Hi Flavio,
Larry Koski in Nebraska makes custom 16mm titles and has dozens of delightful ready-made ones, also some studio logos.. I have ordered about 20 from him and highly recommend his services. His email is lskoski@yahoo.com

It is a very reasonable alternative to the now almost impossible task of locating and/or printing up replacement footage.

Kingsley

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on July 24, 2006, 01:53 AM:

Hi All,

thank you for your useful suggestions!

Flavio

Posted by Flavio Stabile (Member # 357) on August 05, 2006, 02:32 PM:

Hi Kingsley,

I contacted Larry Koski but he is not available to reprouce copyrighted materials, like the titles taken from a DVD or a VHS...

What am I asking is not 'piracy' but only a way to replace a damaged part.

Any other idea?

Thanks
Flavio

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