color ref? and Technicolor

Satre Stuelke (sstuelke@midway.uchicago.edu)
Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:11:54 -0500 (CDT)

Hi All!

[RK wrote]
> Materials for three color carbon or carbro printing are available and
>this process may give you what you want. Again, there are others here who
>can advise you on availability of materials and details of working it.

Can anyone provide me with a reference as to where I can see/learn this process?

>The look of old Technicolor films comes partly from the
>laboratory practice and partly from the conventions of lightling, makeup
>and costume design advised by Technicolor.

This is fascinating! Can anyone provide me with a reference to Technicolor
recommendations to cinematographers?

> Unfortunately, it is very difficult to see an original issue Technicolor
>print these days.

Fortunately, I work in a film archive for a living and project films as
well. In Chicago, it is not uncommon to see Technicolor films on occasion.
The original Technicolor process was used in Hollywood until 1974 and is
still used today in China. Technicolor is a 3-color dye transfer process
and looks very much like the old magazine ads I mentioned in my earlier
message. I was not aware that dye transfer for still imagery was a
subtractive process b/c I am only familiar with the additive Technicolor
process. RK was probably right that the originals for these old ads were
dye transfer photos.

Anyway, my eventual goal is to have large color prints that have the same
color qualities as a Technicolor (dye transfer) film.

Later,
Satre