Movie Film Info

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• Frame by Frame
• Digital Color Correction
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Frame by Frame Transfers

Much Better than Real Time Transfers

• Every frame is captured as an individual photo
• An enlarged projection gate captures 35% more area than Real Time Transfer systems.
• Frame by Frame capture systems produce superior flicker-free video.
• All transfers are done with a 3CCD HD 1080 camera.

Your film is captured frame-by-frame as each frame passes through specialized equipment with an enlarged gate and light source in front of a 3CCD camera. The enlarged gate permits the capture of the entire frame. A digital picture is taken of each frame of film as it passes through the projection gate. These individual frames are put into specialized custom software that interpolates the frames into a movie, resulting in a solid, smooth, flicker-free capture. This produces a higher-quality transfer of your film.

One of the challenges we face with transferring old home movies is the inability to know the speed your film was shot at until after we transfer the film and are able to view the output. Because of specialized process and software, we are able to determine the frame rate that the film was shot and produce a video that is set at the correct rate. This is extremely important because most customers have no idea what frame rate their parents or grandparents used when shooting the film 50 years ago.

Before we even begin the transfer process, there is much work to be done! All Film is Cleaned, Spliced and Lubricated. Every reel is individually cleaned and lubricated with a special film cleaner. During this cleaning process, dust and debris that may have built up over the years will be removed from the film surface. This also helps keep the film hydrated and pliable, and fills in small scratches in the film. During this process, we inspect the film for damage and bad splices, and we add leader where required. At our discretion and at no extra cost; we may combine up to 8 small 50 ft reels together onto one large 400 ft archival reel(s) for more compact and safe storage. In some cases the combining of reels will also help to keep our transfer costs down.

We do NOT project your film onto a screen and video tape it. Some companies still use that antiquated method but we do not. With a frame-by-frame transfer, we are able to stop the transfer process at any point if an adjustment needs to be made, and then resume capture without causing any interruption in your video.

 

Movie Film Color Correction & Restoration

As your movie film ages, over time the dyes in the film will begin to fade away leaving your movie film discolored. We can digitally color correct your film and bring it back to life.

Color restoration success depends on a lot of factors including the original condition of the film. We clean all film prior to processing, but mold or rot damaged film will not produce good results.

Once we save your treasured memories to DVD or Blu-ray, they can be easily copied for other family members to enjoy for many years to come.

We will apply the color correction to your DVD or Blu-Ray that we create from your movie film.

High Definition Movie Film
Frame to PHOTO Conversion

Why stop at only having your movie film converted to video?

Once we have captured your movie film "frame by frame" we can create as many still photos as you want!

Digital Photos are 720x480 from SD transfers or 1920x1080 from HD transfers.

We can create still images from your movie film using a wide range of capture timing; meaning that we can save every frame, or one frame every second, or one frame every 5 seconds, or anything you want.

Just call us to discuss your options.

The best part is that this service only costs 2 cents per digital photo.

Have Questions ?
Toll Free 1-800-776-8357
Local 801-782-5155

8mm Movie Film

8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. It exists in two main versions: the original standard 8mm film, also known as regular 8 mm or Double 8 mm, and Super 8. Although both standard 8 mm and Super 8 are 8 mm wide, Super 8 has a larger image area because of its smaller perforations.

There are also two other varieties of Super 8 - Single 8 mm and Straight-8 - which require different cameras but which produce a final film with the same dimensions.

Standard 8

The standard 8 mm (also known as regular 8) Film format was developed by the Eastman Kodak company during the Great Depression and released on the market in 1932 to create a home movie format that was less expensive than 16 mm. The film spools actually contain a 16 mm film with twice as many perforations along each edge than normal 16 mm film; on its first pass through the camera, the film is only exposed along half of its width. When the first pass is complete, the camera is opened and the spools are flipped and swapped (the design of the spool hole ensures that this happens properly) and the same film is then exposed along its other edge, the edge left unexposed on the first pass. During processing, the film is split down the middle, resulting in two lengths of 8 mm film, each with a single row of perforations along one edge, thereby yielding four times as many frames from the same amount of 16 mm film - and hence the cost savings. Because of the two passes of the film, the format was sometimes called Double 8. The frame size of regular 8 mm is 4.8 mm x 3.5 mm and 1 meter of film contains 264 pictures. Normally Double 8 is filmed at 16 frames per second.

Common length film spools allowed filming of about 3 minutes to 4.5 minutes at 12, 15, 16 and 18 frames per second.

Kodak ceased sales of standard 8 mm film in the early 1990s, but continued to manufacture the film, which was sold via independent film stores. Black-and-white 8 mm film is still manufactured in the Czech Republic, and several companies buy bulk quantities of 16 mm film to make regular 8 mm by re-perforating the stock, cutting it into 25 foot (7.6 m) lengths, and collecting it into special standard 8 mm spools which they then sell. Re-perforation requires special equipment. Some specialists also produce Super 8 mm film from existing 16 mm, or even 35 mm film stock.

Frame by Frame Transfers

Put that old movie film projector away. View your family's 8mm, super 8, and 16mm movie films on a TV using your Blu-Ray or DVD player.

We professionally transfer your old home movie film frame by frame to Blu-Ray, DVD or an Editable Video File.

Questions?

Call us at 1-800-776-8357
or e-mail us at
info@larsendigital.com

For International Customers, please call us at 801-782-5155 to place your order.

Output Options

Silent 8mm & Super8

• High Definition (HD) Blu-Ray
• HD Files to Pixorial , Hard Drive
• Standard Definition (SD) DVD
• SD Files to Pixorial, Hard Drive
• Individual Photos from your Film

Silent 16mm & 16mm Sound

16mm with Optical Sound

• High Definition (HD) Blu-Ray
• HD Files to Pixorial, Hard Drive
• Standard Definition (SD) DVD
• SD Files to Pixorial, Hard Drive
• Individual Photos from your Film

 

Choose Output Format

Picking the final format for your film transfer is a personal decision and should be based on your goals. If you are having your old movie film transferred so that you can watch it on TV with your DVD or Blu-Ray player then you might want to order the SD DVD or HD Blu-Ray output.

If you simply want us to create a High Definition 1080 HD editable file to do your custom editing at home with, then you can choose one of the editable file options. If you want to have your cake and eat it too -- we can provide you with the instant gratification on DVD, Blu-Ray, AND editable HD files!

Standard Definition DVD 720x480 - (480p)

DVD Menu
16:9 Menu
5 Minute Chapters
Thumbnail Picture Per Chapter
Start on Any Chapter

Optional secondary output to editable files.
Optional Customer Menu, Chapter Title Screens, Custom Music, etc.
Call 1-800-776-8357

High Definition Blu-Ray 1080x1920 - (1080p)

HD Blu-Ray Menu
16:9 Menu
5 Minute Chapters
Thumbnail picture per chapter
Start on any chapter

Blu-Ray technology is extremely new and many Blu-Ray players on the market today still have problems reading a "burned" Blu-Ray disc even with the latest firmware updates. If you order Blu-Ray, we do not guarantee that your player will be able to read it. Over time, the Blu-Ray manufacturers will work out the kinks and provide consumers with more versatile players.

Because of this, we recommend that if you order Blu-Ray, you also order DVD discs so that you can be assured that you will be able to view your movies on a DVD player while the industry catches up.

Optional secondary output to editable files.
Optional Customer Menu, Chapter Title Screens, Custom Music, etc.
Call 1-800-776-8357

Video File Formats

We offer the following file formats for movie film transfers:

High Definition 1080p HD

1080x1920 16:9 AVI transferred to external hard drive.

Standard Definition

16:9 Wide Screen with black bars on each side to maintain aspect ratio
720x480p 16:9 AVI transferred to external hard drive.

Storage Options

Video Files will either need to be uploaded online to Pixorial, or you can have your files saved to an external hard drive. Due to the large size of video files, you will need a large amount of stoarge space, so typically thumb drives & data discs are not a storage option. If you have a very small amount of film, please contact us & we can determine what storage method will fit your needs.

Edit, View &
Share Videos Online

Exclusive offer for FREE 30 day Pixorial Premium Membership through Larsen Digital.

With Pixorial, you can access, organize, edit, store, download and share all your video memories on demand.

All Larsen customers gain access to Pixorial's Premium Membership for 30 days upon signing up! Additionally, the price of a Premium Membership is only $39 for Larsen customers -- a $10 discount on the normally $49 Membership.

With Pixorial's Premium Membership, Larsen customers get priority processing and full-screen viewing! Additionally, you get the Pixorial Producer, which gives you extended editing features and the ability to add transitions, text, titles, credits and access to more than 1500 music tracks from Pixorial's library. You can also share videos on your favorite social networks, embed on your blogs, create customized DVDs, download your videos to your home computer and much more!

Editing Your Video from your Movie Film Transfer:

A DVD Video can be edited with the correct tools (Pinnacle 12 http://www.pinnaclesys.com) is one example. However, please be advised DVD Video is in MPEG2 format; a file format which is a very lossy compression format. If you want a good master file to edit from, you should order AVI on a hard drive to produce the highest quality video.

You may want to consider getting a copy on a playable DVD or Blu-Ray in addition to the editable file format. This way you can archive the film and have a format you can edit. By ordering a playable DVD up front, you can have instant gratification and enjoy watching your old movies the day your order arrives.

All versions (files, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs) are created from our master quality video file. We go back to the master file and completely re-render the video to the output format. We never make one format using another (making the DVD from Blu-Ray) like many other companies do. We do not take shortcuts with quality.

Super 8 Movie Film

In 1965,Super-8 film was released and was quickly adopted by the amateur film-maker. It featured a better quality image, and was easier to use mainly due to a cartridge-loading system which did not require re-loading - and re-threading -halfway through. Super 8 was often erroneously criticized, since the film gate in some cheap Super 8 cameras was plastic, as was the pressure plate built in to the cartridge; the standard 8 cameras had a permanent metal film gate that was regarded as more reliable in keeping the film flat and the image in focus. In reality, this was not the case. The plastic pressure plate could be moulded to far smaller tolerances than their metal counterparts could be machined. The permanent metal pressure plates had to be machined to a compromise size for all film likely to be encountered, whereas the plastic pressure plate was custom moulded for the specific film in the cartridge. This was of greater importance in sound cameras as the sound film was thinner than its silent counterpart. A further issue was that every film cartridge came with a brand new (and hence unworn) pressure plate.

There was another version of Super-8 film, Single-8, produced by Fuji in Japan. It has the same final film dimensions, but the cassette is different. The Kodak system was by far the most popular. Super-8 was at one point available with a magnetic sound track at the edge of the film but this only made up 5 to 8% of Super-8 sales and was discontinued in the 1990s. There has been a huge resurgence of Super-8 film in recent years due to advances in film stocks and digital technology. Film can handle far greater variations in contrast than video cameras and thus has become an alternative for acquisition. The idea is to shoot on the low cost Super-8 equipment then transfer the film to video for editing. The transfer of film to video is called telecine.

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