Outtakes taken from the first version of A SELF-MADE FAILURE shot on Super 8, starring “Dizzy” Daniels. After shooting 80 minutes of footage everything was scraped, and re-shot in 16MM (like CLERKS and EL MARIACHI), with all new actors. Some of these scenes were never re-s
Sometimes you just have to see the difference to believe it. Robert E. from Texas sent his family film to us recently. With many film transfers we’re seeing the first digital version of the material ever, but every once in a while we get an older transfer to compare the results
This Super 8mm film had been soaked with water during a flood. The film was hang dried and then brought to CinePost to be restored. We ran it through the Wetgate system and applied DaVinci color correction, even we were amazed by the results. Usually water destroys film, but if you
The Camera was an unmodified Arri SR1. The Telecine employed was a Cintel Turbo3 with a Teranex. We adjusted the scanner framing to crop a little of the image from the top and bottom of the 16mm frame in order to fill a 16:9 aspect ration. Cinematography was framed in anticipation of
Shot 07/21/10 Telecined “Full-frame” 08/19/10 at CinePost, not matted. Scenes are in and around the Great Smoky Mountains near Cherokee, NC Processed by Dwayne’s Photo