If you have a huge budget then I’d urge you to make a YCM master on 35mm too.Or if you can afford it strike a second safety negative which you store carefully.
If you are going the DI route even then make a timed Internegative.If you are originating on 35mm Film Negative make a budget for: We felt that the “tried and tested drive” was fail safe.We had never thought of making a clone of that drive.When I began the process to master the DVD I found the drive was dead.The tape was captured to an expensive high quality tested drive.When we found the Original Negative was in a poor condition we telecined it to tape.We never made a Internegative of English, August.I know this sounds ridiculous but think of this: If you are shooting on Tape then make sure you have an onsite and an offsite backup.If it’s film negative open it and have it wound gently so the layers do not pack too tightly.If it’s tape then run it through a machine.You’ll learn a lot about cinema as well.This will be music to their ears and in all likelihood they will go the extra mile.Ĭheck your Negative / Master from time to time.Let’s not forget the Lab also has to survive.What backup system do they have for all this?.Ask to see where they store your original masters.Agastya is highly impressed by Srivastava’s attitude towards his subordinates. Srivastava, he comes to know how an administrator deals properly with each case and the District Magistrate of Madna. Proper Storage- Make your Laboratory Accountable The novel English August is a real picture of actual life of Indian administrative officers. Remember, they need you more than you need them.Will they treat you with respect or will you be given short shrift.What is the extra mile the facility will go for you?.Speak to the producers, directors, cinematographers and editors and get a sense of their personal experience.Something they have done in the last six months.English August is a funny, wryly observed account of Agastya Sen’s year in the sticks. As the novel opens he has been posted to the small provincial town of Madna. So for aspiring filmmakers here are the five things to look out for.Īnd when I use the word Laboratory you could replace that with a Digital Post Production Facility too. Agastya Sen is a young Indian civil servant whose imagination is dominated by women literature and soft drugs. The club is a group of people who have lost the Original Negatives of their films due to poor storage conditions in India. I was later told by several established filmakers, cinematographers and producers, “welcome to the club”. Ironic given that I chose to work with them because they were the best processing and printing laboratory in India. Readers of this weblog will know that the 35mm negative of English, August was damaged by Prasad Laboratories in Madras (now Chennai) because of poor storage. Rowling, 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Harry Potter and th.Books shelved as english: Harry Potter. It all began when Upamanyu Chatterjee asked for a DVD of the film. Books shelved as english: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. I’ve learnt a whole lot of lessons in the restoration of the ‘English, August’ negative.