Film (8mm, Super 8mm and 16mm)
All films are cleaned and lubricated to remove surface dust and anything that has ‘grown’ on the film while it has been stored. All film breaks are trimmed and the 2 ends are spliced back together. All existing splices are inspected and replaced, if necessary. Smaller reels of film are spliced together and transferred to larger 7″ reels. Each frame of your film is captured on the computer’s hard drive in a lossless format. Each file is then edited to remove the blank leader, discolored ending and any un-viewable portions (black, clear or sunburst) to create a new version of the video file.
Narrative
Narrating your films (your voice or a loved-one’s voice), describing the people and events, gives the video a unique value. The visual memories along with the voice-over will be treasured by current and future generations.
Family Legacy
Menu(s), Title(s) and background is added to the edited video files.
Menus
Menu(s) added at the beginning DVD, gives the option of starting the video from the beginning or jumping into the DVD at selected scenes.
Titles
Titles are added at the beginning of each video contained within the DVD to identify the event being shown.
Background Music
Background music gives it a professional touch while making the video a pleasurable event to watch. Music that best matches the tempo or your own favorites can be added to each video. To give it an original viewing experience, we can add the sound of a projector to the video.
Archival
Your video files are put in sequence (supplied by you), then rendered to DVD formatted data files and copied to a DVD-R or DVD+R disc. Each DVD will hold 1 hour of video, the equivalent of 16 – 3” reels. Upon request, at no charge to you, we can supply a Mini-DVTape backup of your video files.
NOTE: Because the DVD’s are a lossy (compressed) format, they are not a ‘master’ copy. The Mini-DVTape is to be used as a master for future processing.
For the video editor in all of us, an external hard drive (supplied by you) can replace the DVD discs. In this case, you become the editor and create your own movies.
Video Prints
Depending on the quality and clarity of the video frame’s image, a special moment can be captured from your film and printed as a standard 4×6 print.