When you made a movie in Technicolor, you had to hire a color consultant. In the early days, it was usually Natalie Kalmas. On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I found a note, I think in the Bulletin of the Technical Committee of > the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (not sure I have that title > correct) that Technicolor used special low-contrast Kodachrome for some > difficult location photography. I believe some of the exterior shots in > "Shane" were made on special Kodachrome and the printing matrices made from > that. I don't have easy access to the archive of the Bulletin, frustrating > since it has quite a lot of detailed information on the process by which > various Hollywood feature pictures were made and also gives full credits > for camera and sound crews. Kodak offered low-contrast Kodachrome in 16mm > for original photography where the film was to be duplicated. This was > quite commonly used for industrial and educational pictures before color > negative-positive processes became available. Technicolor made IB prints > in 16mm as well as 35mm so probably printed from this film. Technicolor > wanted to get rid of the color-separation cameras for some time because > they were large and clumsy and the process difficult. They experimented > with various multi-layer films but did not drop the three-color cameras > until Kodak came out with Eastman Color Negative. There is a noticeable > difference in the color rendition of pictures made with the three-color > cameras and ECN. The overall quality of the IB prints fell off a lot as > the process was speeded up and other changes made in order to be > competitive with newer processes. I was able to see original issue > Technicolor prints going back to their two-color process, mostly from the > UCLA archive. These are no longer projectable due to the degradation of > the nitrate film base. > > -- > Richard Knoppow > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Los Angeles, CA, USA > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Aug 8, 2014 1:54 PM > >To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [rollei_list] Re: ...Kodachromes taken 50 years ago "Processed > by Technicolor R" > > > >Yes Richard and David, after a brief research it's clear that > >Technicolor working as lab developed "my" Kodachrome as Kodachrome, > >using the K 14 process. I found an interesting thread in Flickr where > >a well known photographer in the site comments he has his father's > >Kodachromes with frames containing identical data regarding my > >father's Kodachromes and he wanted to know about the > >Kodachrome-Technicolor relationship and facts were that the > >Technicolor lab was authorized to process Kodachrome. > >I obtained this link from that thread, you can see under the year > >"1958" my frames, they are identical except for the date, "NOV 58" and > >my frames "DEC 59", the image caption says: " Technicolor labs; a > >collection of film laboratories across the world owned and run by > >Technicolor for post-production services including developing, > >printing, and transferring films in all major developing processes, as > >well as Technicolor's proprietary ones. (1922 - present).." > >http://www.zoggavia.com/Kodachrome_Slide_Film.html > > > >Carlos > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > >