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I always thought that the remjet was there so you could load reels of movie film in the light. Isn't this the same thing that's been going on since the 70's, it used to be super cheap and when you sent a roll to be processed they would send you back a new roll for free
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--- Some movie film is loaded in the light, rem jet or not. the smaller rolls are provided in metal spools and the loading fogs about 5 to 10 feet of film, and sometimes leaves a but of red-yellow flashing at the side of the image. As had been said, the typical roll of 400ft is provided on a core in a plastic bag and must be loaded into a magazine in the dark, the magazine can then be loaded in the camera in the light and only a few feet of film are fogged.
The cheep film and processing you remember was a way for producers to use up ends of film that were otherwise thrown away. Movie film runs at 90ft a minute so any roll of film with less than 150ft at the end of the shot is often wasted. By gathering this material the labs could load it in cassettes and offer processing by splicing it together and running it though a smaller movie film lab would did not mind the extra business. there are many fewer productions originating on film, and only a few labs left, so that opportunity is no longer viable.
I always thought that the remjet was there so you could load reels of movie film in the light. Isn't this the same thing that's been going on since the 70's, it used to be super cheap and when you sent a roll to be processed they would send you back a new roll for free
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--- Some movie film is loaded in the light, rem jet or not. the smaller rolls are provided in metal spools and the loading fogs about 5 to 10 feet of film, and sometimes leaves a but of red-yellow flashing at the side of the image. As had been said, the typical roll of 400ft is provided on a core in a plastic bag and must be loaded into a magazine in the dark, the magazine can then be loaded in the camera in the light and only a few feet of film are fogged.
The cheep film and processing you remember was a way for producers to use up ends of film that were otherwise thrown away. Movie film runs at 90ft a minute so any roll of film with less than 150ft at the end of the shot is often wasted. By gathering this material the labs could load it in cassettes and offer processing by splicing it together and running it though a smaller movie film lab would did not mind the extra business. there are many fewer productions originating on film, and only a few labs left, so that opportunity is no longer viable.