8mm Forum: Scanning experimental destroyed film (painted, inked, scratched)

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Posted by Sophie Wright (Member # 5929) on May 29, 2017, 04:34 AM:

Hi guys [Smile]

I recently received a reel back from an online converter, as they wouldn't scan my film due to the paint and ink I'd covered my blank film in - which is understandable as I guess they wouldn't want to take any chances damaging the machine.
Is anyone aware of any scanning companies that would be happy to scan this kind of experimental work or have a recommendation for how I could scan it in myself? Quite eager to view the film as I think it could yield some interesting results.
Any help would be appreciated [Smile]

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 29, 2017, 04:46 AM:

My son did some experimental work scratching and drawing on 8mm transparent and black leader film in his his first year of his uni course.
They just projected the end results on a relatively valueless old projector to gain a basic insight into the first principles of animation.

I doubt any professional scanning companies would handle film which has had dyes or inks added to it from anything other than an original printing laboratory.

[ May 29, 2017, 06:55 AM: Message edited by: Andrew Woodcock ]

Posted by John Armer (Member # 4655) on May 29, 2017, 05:03 AM:

Andrew's suggestion might be your best bet, Sophie - get an old projector and screen it. You can also have a go at digitising it yourself by filming it off the projected image though the results won't be as good as a scanned image. What format film is it?

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on May 29, 2017, 07:00 AM:

It's surprising just what you can get just by holding a basic digital camera to a projected image.

I do this to gain the screenshots I seek from my films and I have quite a few videos on a Vimeo page from when I uploaded a couple to it.
Without any kind of doctoring of the captured images, the results are pretty good just for these kind of purposes.

There is always some flicker detected between the shutter movements of the projector contrasting slightly with those of the camera, but certainly just for assessment purposes, I'd be surprised if you didn't find these good enough.

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