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Cheap equipment and volunteers is no way to go about restoring 80-year-old celluloid. It's not an easy task, though I think you're right that many would love to
by devindotcom 11y ago
Cheap equipment and volunteers is no way to go about restoring 80-year-old celluloid. It's not an easy task, though I think you're right that many would love to help.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoDo you need to restore the celluloid version though? Can't you just digitise the images (and sound, if available) from the celluloid and restore the film based on the digital source? If we have high quality digital photographs and high-bitrate lossless digital audio of every frame in the film, what extra detail are you going to add to that by performing physical restoration on the celluloid version?
- devindotcom 11y agoNot all the film would have to be carefully washed/restored of course, but the chances of a reel of film that's been in a can for 75 years just coming out and rolling like it came off the reel yesterday are slim to none. Even under the best of circumstances there's going to need to be special care taken and it ends up (AFAIK) being quite labor intensive.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoFair point.
- serge2k 11y agoWouldn't a lot of it be damaged to the point where you have to do a lot of restoration in order to get anything usable off it?
- ZenoArrow 11y agoPossibly. I don't know. Just thinking about how to increase the chances of the films being saved. Guess they could start with the films that require the least amount of work, though then the oldest of the films may be restored last, which wouldn't necessarily be the best idea.