CliveC
Well-known
Just came across this story today (from November 26).
How many people do they have working making film in Rochester?
How many people do they have working making film in Rochester?
Kodak fires 40 film workers
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kbg32
neo-romanticist
As the article says, they will update those figures by the end of the year. From all data, not many people left, though they still make motion picture film.....for now.
Gregoyle
Well-known
Does Kodak in Rochester still make the photographic film that Kodak Alaris now sells?
The only film mentioned in the article is motion picture film. It's still a shame.
-Greg
The only film mentioned in the article is motion picture film. It's still a shame.
-Greg
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Shame it is. I still remember those photos from a couple of years ago of Kodak buildings being demolished by explosives.
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
Anyone know if "It's a Wonderful Life" was shot on Kodak stock? 😉
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Supposedly that is their future option. But it hardly will be happening right now, in terms of continuous production - casting has always been a intermittent process and film has to mature before it can be sold. Even in the old times, Alaris would be selling last years production, i.e. something cast prior to the split. By most accounts casting cycles might by now be stretching years, so what they sell now might be produced several years back.
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
The original nitrate camera negative for "It's Wonderful Life" was lost years ago.
The film was preserved first in the 90's by Film Technology, and some subsequent work (c2002ish if I remember right) was done by Crest National Labs. In both cases, preservation elements were made to fine grain duplicating stock, mostly likely 5234.
Note- I was involved in the subsequent work and our work on it was minor.
The film was preserved first in the 90's by Film Technology, and some subsequent work (c2002ish if I remember right) was done by Crest National Labs. In both cases, preservation elements were made to fine grain duplicating stock, mostly likely 5234.
Note- I was involved in the subsequent work and our work on it was minor.
woollybandit
Newbie
what they sell now might be produced several years back.
At this rate the film will be expired before it is used.....
At this rate the film will be expired before it is used.....
visualbassist
Member
new stock i buy in budapest has an expire date of 2014-2015. it cannot be that old.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Refrigerated black and white master rolls have a shelf life of many years - the expiration date reflects the expected shelf life in worst case shop or home conditions more than the past period of factory storage the film has been through. Colour is a bit more vulnerable - but even pro slide film (the material with the shortest shelf life) was usually matured for a year before being sold with a expiration date a year or two on.
Gregoyle
Well-known
I guess the real question is this: will Kodak still make photographic film?
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
It doesn't say in the credits? Maybe not -- certainly credits lasted for only seconds back then, compared with the many minutes that they take these days.
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
See? I come in here being a smartass, making a Mr. Potter firing people around the holidays joke, and someone comes along with actual fact and a bit of film history. Ah, RFF! 🙂
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
Haw!
I've been asking around and I think that Paramount Studios has done a 2k digital restoration on the film since Crest handled it. but I can't find the year or what lab handled the work.
I've been asking around and I think that Paramount Studios has done a 2k digital restoration on the film since Crest handled it. but I can't find the year or what lab handled the work.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Probably not for very long, unless they either make (all) casting a separate entity or integrate photographic film manufacturing into Alaris. The current structure, with production a appendix of a division that has already demonstrated little interest in film, does not bode too well - it creates incentives for Alaris to look for a cheaper supplier, and relieves Kodak of the requirement to continue production...
visualbassist
Member
i don't think it makes any sense for anyone to move film production to an other factory. and i don't see why would kodak want to stop film production in the forseeable future. if kodak survives the revoltuion in digital distribution, and it is rentable to manufacture mostly camera negatives and archival film, that is.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
Sense or not, it is very unlikely to happen, as it would need substantial investments... But it is not that unlikely that the mangement buys out the division, or Alaris steps in, whenever the reduction in motion picture sales makes it unattractive on the Kodak annual report. Both keeping the current Rochester plants for the above reason.
Every modern MBA is taught that rentability is irrelevant - growth is what matters. And there is no growth in film - so it is nothing that a company led by a Mr. Perez will continue...
jarski
Veteran
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
On what basis are you saying the above?
