HISTORY:
My "world" is 'the arts' and more specifically, music, artwork and hand crafted/decorated chinaware's.
I am not a film enthusiast but an associate has asked me to find new owners for THEIR large collection of photographic and film items ... this is one of those items.
While the world of 8mm/Super 8mm is not my area of expertise, I am doing my best to establish the condition of each item that I am listing.
I tend to be quite detailed in my item descriptions, please READ all the details to decide if this item may interest you.
Now, on with the description ...
Film stock is on a POSSO Grey plastic 10" 800 foot reel, stored in a POSSO library case (drop down front door) with extensive labelling on one side (full colour) which looks to have been taken from another package at some time in the past. This is only on one side of the POSSO library case, the other side is blank.
KEN FILMS - Super 8 Film
MGM release for the Home Movie entertainment market
Catalogue # Not Stated on packaging, just quick mention of Ken Films and lots of information about the film
CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)
Epic fantasy adventure based on Greek mythology, Zeus is not happy (it's complicated!) and releases the last of the titan creature Kraken to create havoc.
The reel is housed in an original POSSO (France) heavy duty plastic case, Red drop down door.
White leader film has been fitted, but unfortunately there is no film clip fitted which makes things a bit tough because this is another VERY full reel so it is important to make sure the film doesn't spill while feeding the projector! I know because it happened to me a couple of times.
10" 800' Light Grey POSSO reel
I believe this reel will provide around 40~45 minutes runtime, I only "test viewed" the first 15 minutes or so and have not run the entire reel through the projector. I have masses of film to still work through and if I watched every single film entirely, the viewing of each film would take me forever!
Colour
Sound
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
Film stock and the reel is undamaged, straight and true
Labelling (graphics from a previous packaging) has been applied to one side of the POSSO library case only (taped in placed) - no identification on the reel itself.
NO unusual smells detected coming off the film.
NO personal names or other writing on the library case or the film reel
TESTING:
Test projector is the ELMO 1200 that I have on hand at the moment.
Film looks to be clean and in good condition, sprocket holes are not damaged.
I ran the film through the projector for the first 15 minutes or so, to observe the picture and sound.
The colour is actually pretty good, just the slightest hints of the Red/Pink but full of the other colours you could expect such as Blues, Browns, Greens, Yellows etc - nice to watch.
The sound is clean, not noisy or muffled - easy to follow the dialogue.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I always include a couple of "off screen" snapshots ... now, like me, my digital camera is antiquated and it's limitations are definitely showing up in these sample photographs.
I take the screen shot in very low light levels, the camera flash is turned off (otherwise the picture is flooded with White) and the camera shutter speed is very slow.
This means I have trouble getting sharp photographs, especially when there is movement on the screen and I have noticed that after viewing quite a few films now, that my poor OLD digital camera (it doesn't even have a White balance control) is tending to emphasise the Red's in the photographs anyway - in reality the on-screen picture is not as Red as recorded in the photographs.
In my opinion, after this relatively brief test viewing, I am happy that the film is as stated on the outer POSSO library case (CLASH OF THE TITANS) and it looks to be in pretty good "technical" condition.
SPECIAL NOTE:
As with all of the larger diameter "open reel" film I am finding when I sort through the boxes, I am adding a couple of satchels of Silica Gel (for moisture absorption) and sealing the reel within clear plastic. I then also seal the outer library case. This is done in an effort to preserve the current condition as much as possible (these steps were suggested to me by a film enthusiast)
