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« on: May 27, 2014, 07:17:03 AM »
Hardly earth shattering news I know (considering the work I do) but I'm checking prints of Shangani Patrol for this festival https://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/events/shangani-patrol/ and I'm always amazed at how much dirt gets on your fingahs after winding a 35mm print through to check it.  TeddyR TeddyR
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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2014, 09:15:01 AM »
Is there a difference between prints and films? I handled 35mm a bunch and I never got dirty, I would be p**sed if I got dirt onto my negs, mind you I buy 35mm new though.
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2014, 02:11:43 AM »
Quote from: Josso on May 27, 2014, 09:15:01 AM
Is there a difference between prints and films? I handled 35mm a bunch and I never got dirty, I would be p**sed if I got dirt onto my negs, mind you I buy 35mm new though.

The film that you put in cameras remains negative once you develop it and make paper prints from it: the prints I deal with are positive and are the normal films that run in a theater.   Smile
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2014, 07:46:40 AM »
Quote from: Trevor on May 27, 2014, 07:17:03 AM
I'm always amazed at how much dirt gets on your fingahs after winding a 35mm print through to check it.  TeddyR TeddyR

Do film prints attract dust or do they generate their own?  You got me wondering.
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2014, 07:52:26 AM »
Quote from: Newt on May 29, 2014, 07:46:40 AM
Quote from: Trevor on May 27, 2014, 07:17:03 AM
I'm always amazed at how much dirt gets on your fingahs after winding a 35mm print through to check it.  TeddyR TeddyR

Do film prints attract dust or do they generate their own?  You got me wondering.

It could be a combination of both: the cans are usually clean (whether they're metal or plastic) and the films get dust from the air and running through the projector gate. All I can say is that the reels I went through were feeeeeelthy...  TongueOut
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2014, 12:54:24 PM »
Sometimes when I'm watching an old movie, there will be a piece of hair that seems to be stuck on it.  And it doesn't look like hair from someone's head, it looks like it's from, you know...the place where it grows shorter and curlier.

What the heck is up with that?
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2014, 12:46:58 AM »
Quote from: Jack on May 29, 2014, 12:54:24 PM
Sometimes when I'm watching an old movie, there will be a piece of hair that seems to be stuck on it.  And it doesn't look like hair from someone's head, it looks like it's from, you know...the place where it grows shorter and curlier.

What the heck is up with that?

All those hairs: they belong to me.  Buggedout Buggedout Wink TeddyR

When a 35mm film is processed, there can sometimes be hairs that get picked up by the reel during processing and then there can also be hairs in the camera gate when filming happens, hence the phrase "Check the gate".

These days with digital filmmaking, the camera is bald to say the least.  Buggedout Wink
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2014, 01:57:46 AM »
Further research by yours truly indicates that the 'hair' could also be a small sliver of film that comes loose from the raw stock while the film is passing through the camera gate.  TeddyR
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2014, 07:06:28 AM »
Quote from: Trevor on September 05, 2014, 01:57:46 AM
Further research by yours truly indicates that the 'hair' could also be a small sliver of film that comes loose from the raw stock while the film is passing through the camera gate.  TeddyR

Eewww. Cinematic pubes.  BounceGiggle
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2014, 07:22:06 AM »
Quote from: Derf on September 05, 2014, 07:06:28 AM
Quote from: Trevor on September 05, 2014, 01:57:46 AM
Further research by yours truly indicates that the 'hair' could also be a small sliver of film that comes loose from the raw stock while the film is passing through the camera gate.  TeddyR

Eewww. Cinematic pubes.  BounceGiggle

Especially if the hairs are mine (which they all are)  TongueOut Wink TeddyR TeddyR
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2014, 08:02:08 AM »
And of course, all I can think of is the hair on the film in WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY?
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2014, 12:55:04 PM »
Do you have to take a lot of fire precautions working with films, Trevor? I had no idea until recently* that films (or is it only old film?) present the fire hazard they do.


*And they say you can't learn anything from Tarantino movies!
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2014, 05:54:32 AM »
Quote from: ER on September 05, 2014, 12:55:04 PM
Do you have to take a lot of fire precautions working with films, Trevor? I had no idea until recently* that films (or is it only old film?) present the fire hazard they do.


*And they say you can't learn anything from Tarantino movies!


Yes we have to: it is the nitrate based films (those produced prior to 1951) that we have to handle with care as they can go up in flames easily. The odd thing is that if the nitrate based films are kept correctly, they can last for years.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_base#Nitrate

BTW: the scene in Ingloroiououoyooius Basatrds  Wink where the pile of film catches fire could very easily happen.  Smile
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2015, 06:55:21 AM »
Doing it again: I'm preparing copies of Katrina and Jannie Totsiens for the same festival in July this year.  Smile
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2015, 11:37:55 PM »
Inquiring minds must know: are your undies dirtier then your hands?
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