MGM made this short to run in Theaters before the featured films in 1937. It showed Kodak Factory manufacturing processes of the time. Then MGM added a few trailers of upcoming trailers that year.
The Peterson Wetgate is the ideal tool for Distressed films. This pressurized Wetgate flattens curled film while getting the scratches and dirt out. Combined with the increased depth of field focus with our camera’s Prime lens we get significantly better results than with any other system. Additionally, we will stabilize Read more
35mm 4K WetGate Film Scan of one of Wes Anderson’s comedy adventure hits
John Kuhn shows us how he overscans an 8mm film sequence to show the frames(top to bottom) and perfs(edge to edge)
Catch the documentary on Gwen Verdon on Amazon Prime. This award winning Documentary was produced and edited by Ken Bloom and Chris Johnson. They searched through the enormous visual history of Gwen’s productions to find the best scenes from her “Marvelous” career. This film was sourced from every kind of Read more
In this example, we have some outdoor footage that is severely overexposed and tinted blue. We decreased the highlights and blue levels while adding some mid-range. We go from washed out to blue skies and color that appears lost returns. We’re not always able to make this much of an Read more
Whenever we transfer film for a client we always use the DaVinci color correction system to balance color levels. Sometimes we get a film that’s severely faded and needs intense correction to look normal. A client sent us some skydiving footage where the film had gone almost completely blue, as Read more
We recently transferred some films for the Luehrmann family. The film, titled “Timeshared Computer Graphics”, details Arthur Luehrmann’s early work with computer-generated imagery, commonly referred to as C.G.I. these days. The film was badly faded and red, which is an issue we see frequently with prints from the 1960s and ’70s. Read more