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Stewart McSporran
Master Film Handler

Posts: 272
From: Glasgow, Scotland
Registered: Nov 2003

posted April 23, 2007 05:40 PM

I've just been responding to comments from 'er indoors about how much real estate my growing 16mm (and 8mm) film collection is taking up.

Where do you keep your films?

My large porch already houses my phonograph collection (cylinders and disks), so that's out - even though it's north facing and nice and cool and dry!

The garage is too damp, the attic is just too everything wrong!

That just leaves under the stairs, and that's where I keep the projectors.

I'm seriously considering an extension with built in projection booth come film storage room. This might just fly - my wife has several thousand books spilling out of her upstairs study, so we do need a downstairs library; there are some interesting cracks in the ceiling plaster!

So, any creative, and cheaper, suggestions?

Stewart

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted April 23, 2007 10:40 PM

Hi Stuart
Sounds like an extension might be the best bet, pity about the garage and attic, Keith Wilton made a number of excellent videos a few years ago "Armchair Odeons" collectors home cinems, which included converted garages, attics etc, all very interesting what people can achieve with little room and budget, the tapes were available from Derann, might be worth checking out, we built our home cinema a few years ago, the photos are in the screening room pictures part of the forum, well whatever you choose it sounds like a fun project.

Graham.

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Lee Mannering
Film God

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From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted April 24, 2007 04:55 AM

Hello Stewart
My friend keeps his films under the stairs which is possibly the best place as its cool in the main. Lofts do get very hot in the summer so would not leave there as a speedy colour fade may come about with much pinking going on. Its very difficult to know where on earth to keep them and I am in the same boat as you. These days I work on the principle of when was the last time I bothered to watch that film, and how much dust is it collecting. If I have not watched for a couple of years its out the door as it’s a case of keeping for keeps sake here. At the moment that’s the best way I have found to broach the issue of being short of space.

Now projectors, that’s another issue !

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted April 24, 2007 07:07 PM

Hey Stewart!

I store my "high fade" colour prints (eastman stock) in the fridge, only taking them out for screening. My fridge is one of those non moisture fridges, but I keep each indivisual feature in a large freezer bag ANG selica gel packs in the bag,
(to keep potential moisture at bay.) I've seen what having a film in a high moisture fridge does to film.

It's a BAD thing!

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Jim Schrader
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 25, 2007 08:45 AM

I have most of my super 8 films in larger boxes on shelves in my basement we are lucky not to have soil that maintains water so it never has that damp feeeling although i do run a humidifier inthe summer.
my 16 mm films i built a space under my work bench with dorrs to house them and a projector.

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Barry Johnson
Master Film Handler

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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003

posted April 25, 2007 01:54 PM

In two old non-working fridge freezers (upright variety) out in the garage.They seal very well and store miles of film.No damp,humidity just a constant cool temperature all times of the year.

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Joe Caruso
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 25, 2007 03:34 PM

In a Queen Anne hutch, are three shlves with Blackhawk films, all upright, a small sapce and the bottom shelf holds 7 Castle Films, again satnding straight - All the rest are in Georgia-Pacific Paper Boxes, or Banker's Boxes and stacked neatly in the bedroom - It's quite cool up here on the 2nd Watchung Mountain range, even humid summers do not affect these films, I have an air conditioner unit directly in their favor - Never encountered warpage or such - Shorty

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