26-08-2013, 09:23 PM
David H - I am confident enough in my "opinions" to say that any optical effects technician will back me up. The issues dealt with in the above two posts are basic physical problems inherent to the proposed work. It is not a matter of talent or skill.
The two above problems are also just the starting point. You can't just blithely assume this work was done on 35mm stock without addressing further compounding issues related to generational loss and newly introduced color and grain issues. Remember, at the end of the day you must return the altered film back to an 8mm print which could conceivably be accepted as a camera original.
Polarizing this debate by assuming only two positions - either extensive alteration or absolute camera original - contributes nothing.
Personally, I believe Doug Horne came up with enough information about the Z-film's possession over the first weekend,and that the means and opportunity for work designed to conceal something is plausibly presented, that I think it's folly to argue for the absolute integrity of the camera original.
But the claims of what actually could have been done to alter the film have to be dialled back a great deal.
The two above problems are also just the starting point. You can't just blithely assume this work was done on 35mm stock without addressing further compounding issues related to generational loss and newly introduced color and grain issues. Remember, at the end of the day you must return the altered film back to an 8mm print which could conceivably be accepted as a camera original.
Polarizing this debate by assuming only two positions - either extensive alteration or absolute camera original - contributes nothing.
Personally, I believe Doug Horne came up with enough information about the Z-film's possession over the first weekend,and that the means and opportunity for work designed to conceal something is plausibly presented, that I think it's folly to argue for the absolute integrity of the camera original.
But the claims of what actually could have been done to alter the film have to be dialled back a great deal.