Super-8 Release Prints with Optical Sound for a Training Program

Dieter K. Noack

In a training program for medical personnel, a one-hour color film with optical sound is distributed in cartridges on a weekly basis. Though the ultimate aim is a one-hour program on a single 400-ft reel, a special printing stock with a total thickness of no more than 2.3 mils would be required to achieve that goal. At present two cartridges with 7-in reels are used. The original films are shot entirely on 35mm color negative film. From the edited negative a quad super-8 dupe-negative is produced. On a special optical-sound camera a quad sound negative is recorded in one run from a 17.5mm or 16mm magnetic tape. Both negatives are contact printed onto a color positive film of approximately 4-mil thickness with polyester basis. Factors affecting optical and sound quality are discussed.

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Published
1971-03
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J07703