Film laboratory
A film laboratory is a commercial service enterprise and technical facility for the
. The film laboratory managers can charge by the footage or by time used while in lab.History
In the early days of motion pictures, films were processed by winding on flat racks and then dipping in tanks of solution. As films became longer, such methods proved to be too cumbersome.[1]
Processes
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The film lab thus needs various apparatus from developing equipment and machines, over measuring tools, cutting, editing devices, and printers to different sorts of viewing machinery including classic projectors. Besides there are sensitometers, densitometers, analysers, and array of chemical laboratory items that will help maintaining a level of repeatability of operations. Auxiliary material is also encountered within a film laboratory, for example leader film, plain plastic, to keep a developing machine threaded up.
References
- ^ "Motion-picture technology - Film processing and printing". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
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