Australian Classification Board Not Yet Rated Flat 35mm RecordCouncil 2023-02-03 | Used in Australia on trailers for features that had yet to be classified.Interesting but unrelated production house leader on this one, I probably fished it out of the bin on projection night shift.
VLOG - Preparing VS prints for disposal RecordCouncil 2022-12-31 | Likely to be of limited interest, but thought I should document the last day of these films before they are destroyed. Film gore inside!Removing cores and anything else of value from these stinkers before they are binned.Happy new year 2023 to viewers! A gentle reminder that unlike some other similar YouTube channels this is not strictly for film scanning content, please do not request film scans in comments :)
Aircheck - 96FM Perth Top 96 Albums 1985 RecordCouncil 2022-12-24 | Scoped aircheck from albums 37 to 10.I found this on a 7" reel marked as a prerecorded Shirley Bassey tape.Recorded with good reception in stereo at 7½ ips.Transferred with TEAC A-3340S and ADS RDX-150 ADC.The tape was recorded extremely hot and the high compression FM signal didn't help. Still very listenable.
John Henry and Blossom - The Stocking RecordCouncil 2022-11-25 | HMV B2393discogs.com/master/2753108-John-Henry-4-John-Henry-Blossom-The-StockingCaptured on SL-1200Mk2 with Nagaoka C-51M/2 at 45 rpm.Reverse RIAA applied, speed adjusted, de-clickedFolded to mono, low pass 5500 Hz at 6dB.Appropriate era EQ curve applied (Euro)One of the earliest radio comedy duos, actual names Norman Clapham and Gladys Horridge.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Clapham
The Seeburg 1000 - Tailored Background Music System: Sales Demonstration Record RecordCouncil 2022-11-18 | I'm a bit time poor at the moment with a beautiful newborn so decided a needledrop would be nice and quick and this is one I've been meaning to do for a while.This is a sales tool for the Seeburg 1000 background music system. If you are watching this you probably already know exactly what that is.If not, see here for more information:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeburg_1000I bought this sealed off eBay about 10 years ago.The recording of the flexidisc has been folded down to mono, a profiled noise reduction applied in Audacity and click repaired in external software. There is a fine line between repairing audio and removing detail so hopefully this is a good compromise. There are some defects in the disc which are audible as short hisses.Transferred on a Technics SL-1200 Mk2 with AT-440MLa.
Dead End (1980) Reel 1/2 35mm RecordCouncil 2022-09-17 | This is the longest single piece of film I have ever scanned. It took 28 hours to scan frame by frame and a fair few hours putting it back together in Resolve. The film is extremely badly faded and I have done my best to bring back some colour while minimising the blue cast. The tracking is a little jumpy in places and I didn't realise until I viewed the rendered copy but it took over an hour to track so I wasn't really keen on doing it again. Possibly later.I apologise for the censoring of the mild nudity during the bath scene. I do not believe in censorship of reasonable material and the brief glimpses do seem to be acceptable under YouTube's guidelines for nudity but I'd rather not take a chance and get my channel nuked from orbit over 30 seconds of sideboob. Sincerest apologies to Mish the dog whose big scene was partially blacked out because of this.
Dead End (1980) R1 Sample - Before Colour Correction RecordCouncil 2022-09-17 | Sample of what reel 1 looked like before doing my best with the colour correction.
1955 March Of Dimes Cinema PSA - 35mm RecordCouncil 2022-09-03 | US charity initially formed to raise money to cure Polio. The first US approved Polio vaccine was announced this very year.Interesting duplex variable area soundtrack.
LED Backlights rewired/Two point tracking test RecordCouncil 2022-05-20 | I know everyone is sick of these scanning tests and keen for the first reel of Dead End and that is the very next thing I will be scanning. I have not done a full 2000 foot reel before and I want to make sure everything is working correctly on the scanner so I don't have to redo it. I also think these uploads are important to document the refinement process of the design. This is a test after I have rewired the LED backlight which has been a constant issue flickering during scans since I built the scanner and what I believe has been causing the inconsistent lighting of my uploads. This has now been fixed and I can already notice much more consistent lighting not only frame to frame but also across the area of each frame. There was a distinct darkness to the non-soundtrack side which now seems to be lessened.This is also a test of a two point tracking on DaVinci which as you can see here is locked on dead to the sprocket holes if you follow them. It really highlights how poor the printing registration is on this countdown.
Dead End (1980) Reel 2/2 35mm RecordCouncil 2022-04-23 | Cropped and colour corrected which was difficult as there isn't actually a lot of colour to reference to in this and the fade was so severe. It came out very blue but her jeans in open shots still aren't super blue....Oh well. More watchable now.
Dead End (1980) Reel 2/2 35mm RAW RecordCouncil 2022-04-22 | A VERY red Fujicolor reel from a short shown with Smokey and the Bandit II in the U.K.
35mm Film Leaders - Raw frames, no stabilisation RecordCouncil 2022-04-15 | This video is likely to be of limited interest to most. This is a raw frame stream from the scanner with no post processing applied. Mostly to show registration. There are issues with the main drive mechanism which are currently causing pretty bad registration. I'm hoping to rectify this in the coming weeks with some new prints but also stepper motor heat management which is a big issue when dealing with PLA plastic. The leader is from a short I am hoping to capture in it's entirety.The reason there are two leaders is that I do not like to remove the original leaders from prints but I like to scan them if they belong to the print. In order to put something in the film path to reach the take-up spool I often splice a second leader on top.
Intermission Film - Goodies Machine [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-04-04 | Not sure who made this one. The green looking leader is due to me burying the red channel to bring some colour back.
Intermission Film - Goodies Machine - RAW [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-04-04 | Uncropped and without colour correction
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Star Wars Teaser Trailer [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-02-26 | Hard locked to the start of Rush Hour (1998), hence why it's a flat trailer in scope.
New Line Cinema Logo Scope [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-02-26 | So happy to finally scan one of my favourite studio logos. Such a haunting score which I believe is a reworking of an excerpt from Highlander.The DTS buffs will know exactly which print this is on.
A Bit More About Vinegar Syndrome RecordCouncil 2022-01-14 | Hopefully you guys get something out of this. I'm sure I made some errors but hopefully nothing that will lead fellow collectors astray.
DTS Sparks 4K [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-11 | So I think this might have been physically mislabeled as C/S on the film roll. Another commenter on the scope video seemed to agree so I have uploaded in flat too.
MPAA Restricted Tag [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-10 | This might be the shortest video I have uploaded yet. Being in Australia if we received films with this on them the tag was immediately removed and discarded.
Val Morgan Blue Ident Uncropped [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | I uploaded this once before in the very early days of using my scanner. This copy was in a spool of random stuff I scanned today so I thought I would try processing it again uncropped. Makes a good comparison so see how I've improved.This must have been fairly early as it still has the cyan transitional soundtrack. Missing a couple of frames of fade out at the end but the audio track is all there.
Universal Studios Hollywood And Florida Logo [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | This was taken from a late 2000s Universal feature after the credits. The actual animation seems to date back to at least the 90's. I have no way of knowing if Universal had been attaching these to the end of every movie for 30 years but it's not unreasonable. These were rarely seen by anyone at my cinema as almost no one sat through the entire credits.
Australian Classification Board M Rating Tag - Scope [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | Full scanning aperture showing 3d printed plastic gate of the film scanner, the layer lines are clearly visible.
Roadshow Films Logo (Village) [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | Great logo, they used this for years.
Universal Studios Logo - Overscan Scope [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | This will be a copyright hit for sure.Not sure what poor print this came off, pretty trashed at the end.
Cinema Camera Warning [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | An interesting one, probably from the early 2000s based on poly base and non-cyan soundtrack. Plus this was the era where "cam" copies of movies were most rampant.I have no idea where this came from. I think I found it in a junk box in a store room of a cinema I worked at.
Vintage Drive-In Intermission PSA - Church (INST 24C) [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | Another one of the commonly used music tracks.A spec of dirt got caught on the backlight to the right of the word "management" at around 6 seconds which is a bit annoying.
Vintage Drive-In Intermission PSA - Fire Safety (INST B) [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | This music track was used in a LOT of intermission stuff. I'm sure I found it years ago, I'm a big fan of old library music too.
Goodyear Service Store, Cullman, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-09 | "5 new tires for 66" 1966? or $66 not sure.Why not pick up a firearm and toaster while you're there...Building still exists. No longer a garage.goo.gl/maps/KXZnaVATjfyR48n5A
Poly-Clean Center - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-07 | I really like the final slide with the drawing.I can't tell for sure but it sounds like they have tried to cut out the word "dry" at the 4 second mark. There are no splices in the print so if there was an edit it was done on the master.
Kenneys Burgers, Adamsville, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-07 | Or Kinney Burger?Another fragment only.
Buettner Brothers Lumber Company - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-07 | There's sadly not much left of this piece of film but the main reason I wanted to upload it is because this business is still around.Same address and telephone number!
The Three Capps Department Store, Adamsville, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-07 | Another presumably long gone business.
Naramore Shell, Adamsville, AL - Vintage Cine AD [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-07 | Vintage cinema advertising from the US. I think I got a bunch of these from the same town I will be scanning in.A bit missing at the end unfortunately.This appears to be the same building, heavily modified.goo.gl/maps/ybWC2y5Ee9GXg8KB9
Ed Wood Trailer (1994) [35mm] 4K RecordCouncil 2022-01-02 | Lasered Norwegian subtitles.This one is a bit bouncy, 1994 was still in the era of acetate and I think it might be shrinking a tiny bit, it wouldn't sit straight in the gate like polyester prints do and looked a little bit curly as it was travelling across rollers. It doesn't smell at all thankfully. I have been looking into making a gate that will provide slight pressure across the film plane against a fixed stop for shrunken prints.
Cinema Advertisement: Yalumba - Digital Vineyard [35mm] RecordCouncil 2022-01-02 | Print date: July 2008This ad was on nearly every single ad pack that we built and played around this time, the soundtrack is etched into my brain as the last thing to play before dimming the house lights for trailers.Sadly, I'm still fighting the annoying red and blue flashes which I _think_ is the Raspberry Pi automatic white balance playing up. the setting is always turned off but apparently this is still not enough and there is some very low level compensation still taking place.
Numark PT01: Replacing Chuo Denshi CZ-800 with a Banpa BP2ATC Cartridge RecordCouncil 2021-12-29 | Swapped the CZ-800 on my Numark PT01 to a BP2ATC with aftermarket ST17 stylus, decided to make some recordings to document the change.There is definite improvement with the cartridge, less so with the stylus but I really do want the 78 functionality.Listen to the way the CZ-800 handles the fairly aggressive first vocal parts and how the Banpa does not see to be so "fuzzy" there.It was not explained but at 6:25 I replace the Banpa stylus for the Pfanstiehl one.I am so sorry about the video quality on this video, I promise I will never use this camera again. I also have no idea what that intermittent mechanical/electrical noise through the video is, I think this camera has an internal fault.Apologies to anyone hoping this was going to be an instructional video, the process isn't very complicated, gently pry the forward cartridge clip outwards and pull the cartridge down and forward, disconnect wires with a small pair of pliers and reverse the whole process with the new cartridge.
Cinema Advertisement: U by Kotex (Beaver Creative) 4K [35mm] RecordCouncil 2021-12-28 | Print date April 2008.I can't remember if we got any complaints about this from patrons at the cinema but the TVC did from memory, they were dismissed by the regulatory board.In British/Australian slang the term beaver refers to part of the female anatomy, I'm not sure if this is universal.The video source, probably 25 or 30fps is evident in what I believe are some weird pulldown artefacts. The soundtrack has some sibilance in the VO that I was not able to get rid of and seems to be an issue with the soundtrack itself. This is not unheard of, advertising was known to arrive at the cinema with bad lab soundtracks around this time.
DTS Trailer Stand Alone 1.85:1 4K Uncropped [35mm] RecordCouncil 2021-12-27 | I have seen this called Digital Experience before but the sticker and marker in the leader clearly states the name for this trailer is "DTS: Stand Alone".Brand spanking new print, never even had the heads or tails removed. Likely delivered to the theatre as part of the installation package.Ironically, this is the analog soundtrack. It is encoded in SR but presented here without, still sounds pretty good.
Val Morgan Surf Uncropped 4k [35mm] RecordCouncil 2021-12-27 | I know I have uploaded this a few times, but there was a nice clean copy at the end of the road safety reel so I thought I would upload it uncropped. This is also the first time the analog stereo tracks have been swapped to the correct channel. This is also a much cleaner copy of the audio track as I used a monochrome copy of the soundtrack.This print does not contain the Sydney 2000 partner mark.Somewhat of a good comparison with how far I've come with usage and post processing on the scanner as this was one of the first things I uploaded from it.
Cinema Advertisement: WA Road Safety Council - XRT Coupé [35mm] 4K RecordCouncil 2021-12-27 | Car commercial parody for a road safety advertisement. Filmed in Perth, Western Australia. Car appears to be a fifth generation Mitsubishi Lancer in disguise. This ad probably dates from the late 90s or early 2000s.The source is obviously video, there are even a few interlacing artefacts here and there. Still presents well on film.
Film scanner GUI and backlight issues RecordCouncil 2021-12-27 | I don't believe the backlight issues are the cause of the AWB instability (red/blue flashes on scans) I think this is inherent in the Raspberry Pi camera handling code.
DTS Sonic Landscape 1.85:1 flat [35mm] 4K RecordCouncil 2021-12-18 | Sorry it's been a minute since the last upload. A hectic time of the year.DTS "Sonic Landscape" flat aspect, full frame scan with not one but two groovy ATLAB countdowns in varying levels of print exposure for some reason. This was used at a cinema I worked at. I think the second countdown was just slug to make it back to the platter.
Acetate Wont Wait RecordCouncil 2021-11-26 | More scans soon!Much like nitrate based films, acetate (cellulose triacetate/diacetate) based films are subject to decay. Once the process has started it is irreversible. Keep all films in cool, dry storage.(it's not just the plasticisers, the whole base breaks down)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Dog_(TV_series)
Medallion Pictures Logo [35mm] RecordCouncil 2021-11-21 | I have no information about this one unfortunately, no idea where it came from.
Films Incorporated Logo - 4K [35mm] RecordCouncil 2021-11-20 | Apparently this is one of those logos people are terrified of. The only thing scary about this to me was the cursed printing alignment.
