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Film print

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A 35mm Print of a Feature Film can cost anywhere from $2000-20,000, the workflow to create restored internegatives can cost many times that.

CAMERA ORIGINAL>>>ANSWER PRINT & SUBSEQUENT RELEASE PRINTS

CAMERA ORIGINAL>>>INTERPOSITIVE>>>INTERNEGATIVE>>>RELEASE PRINT

CAMERA ORIGINAL>>>DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE>>>INTERNEGATIVE>>>RELEASE PRINT

DIGITAL MASTER>>>INTERNEGATIVE>>>RELEASE PRINT

DIGITAL MASTER or DIGITAL INTERNEGATIVE >>>“DIRECT PRINT”

Irreplaceable Prints

  • IB Technicolor
  • Timed answer prints from the original camera negative
  • Reversal prints (stock no longer manufactured, 16mm only)
  • Prints with magnetic soundtracks
  • Discontinued stocks such as Kodak 2393, Fuji, Orwocolor
  • Prints with no protection elements. There may not be a financial incentive for a studio to strike a new print if one is damaged or destroyed.

Only a handful of labs left in the world printing and processing motion picture film. Only one lab in the US doing laser subtitles

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