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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-19-2001 06:13 AM
If you aren't required to return trailers, they should be kept as a good supply of film for training new operators, and for testing equipment changes. For example, it's always a good idea to run a long loop of a trailer with lots of dark scenes a few hundred times to be sure a lamphouse isn't causing heat damage if lamp alignment or focus have been changed. Old trailers can serve as impromptu threadup and runout leader, as long as you are careful not to accidently show them.------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-19-2001 10:29 AM
Scott is correct: hypochlorite laundry bleach will decolor the dyes, and eventually dissolve off the gelatin emulsion to make clear leader. Suitable for short lengths, but kind of hard to do long lengths in a bathtub full of dilute bleach. Be sure to rinse well, and use the Kodak Photo-Flo before drying to avoid water spotting. Be careful to wear chemical-resistant gloves and safety goggles, and not splash yourself or your clothes with the bleach.------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1865
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 02-19-2001 01:56 PM
To explain:
Once I sent back a box full of trailers that didn't have the pre-paid label, hitting the ole petty cash for over $20. The next day, we get a call from the district office asking what the $20 in postage from the day before was for (our reports are computerized, so they see them the very next day). After some explanation, I got a lecture about unescessary expenses. Lesson learned.As far as making test loops etc from trailers, we have a lot of those. I also have a large collection of trailers that I saved, but when you have a dozen What Lies Beneath trailers, there's no point in saving every one of them. Paul, I'll email a list to you of what I have, getting ready to 'clean house' again. Could you use them though? They'll have the green MPAA rating band on them.
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-19-2001 04:40 PM
I've soaked off the emulsion from a few trailers. I used them to make new HEADS and TAILS for all the films we used to get that didn't have any.I used a Sharpie marker to write the title and "other" information on it. Also, old trailers make good test film for when you want to do things like test out your interlock system... or if you know film is getting scratched but you can't figure it out. (Sacrifice the old trailers instead of the good print) Don't forget about "science experiments"... mechanical strength testing... resistance to chemicals... flamability testing... etc. 
I know it sounds wierd but HOW are you going to "learn" about handling film well if you don't find out how film reacts when you handle it badly? It's kinda' like when you take your car out to an empty parking lot during the first snowstorm of the year to "practice winter driving".
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