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February, 1941
FILMINDIA
During the Silver Jubilee Exhibition held at the time of the Indian Motion picture Congress, this impressive Exhibit of the Famous Cine Laboratory attracted a lot of attention. Here the visitors were explained the complete processing through which the film has to pass before coming to the screen.
Film Facts
1. The total length of film processed daily at Famous Cine Laboratory could easily encircle the Island of Bombay.
2. At the Laboratory they daily use 800 gallons of Hypo Solution for "fixing" the films.
3. The useful life of films processed at Famous Cine Laboratory is 40 per cent longer because every finished film is "waxed" on a special machine before it is released for distribution.
4. More than a hundred laboratory assistants are employed at Famous Cine Laboratory.
5. The Cameraman shoots over a thousand different scenes for an average film.
6. There are 36 distinct jobs performed in the transition of a film from camera to projector — all done by Famous Cine Laboratory.
7. Famous Cine Laboratory will soon be shifting into its own modern building with air-conditioned and dust-proof rooms and a small Theatre.
modern machinery
Very few people outside or even in the film industry realise the vital part that is played by the film laboratory in the life of a motion picture. All that the layman cares to see and realise is what is presented
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before his eyes. If he finds it soothing he is satisfied by calling the effort as "happy photography." On the other hand if a picture on the screen strains the eye, the whole effort is condemned as "rotten photography." From the layman's point of view the result is summarised in the most precise manner and probably the most appropriate too but to the producer the difference between these two opinions is very vital, because, on the goodwill of the people, primarily created by their impression through the eyes, depends the future success or failure of his pictures.
It is here that the scientific method known as "processing" has its importance in the making of a motion picture. But processing, as is expected today with all its modern finish and efficiency, is not so easily achieved by one and all. Its inherent technical aspects have from the very beginning strictly limited the field of its specialists. While, therefore, we find numerous studios producing pictures, we find very few laboratories doing exclusive work of film processing. Another reason that has restricted this field of activity in the film industry is the exhorbi
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