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Jan., 1942] EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS OF 16-MM PRODUCER 91
It means that all kodachrome film or other color-film should also be edge-numbered. The producer of direct 16-mm pictures is not particularly interested in whether duplicating films or positive films are numbered, although there are a number of film libraries and other organizations who are interested in having such film edge-numbered. It is argued by the manufacturers that it will be impracticable to edge-number all 16-mm film. It is argued by the producers that it would be useless to number some of the films and not all of them. The reason is quite simple: One of the things that makes direct 16mm production so versatile is that 16-mm film can be purchased in any part of the country. Therefore, a producer making a picture at anytime in any part of the country can obtain his film at almost any photographic store if he finds that he needs more than he has taken along for the job. Many times the producer finds that it is advantageous to have someone else in some other part of the country shoot certain scenes and send them to him. This keeps production costs low, and since reversal film is so well standardized by the laboratories of the film manufacturers, he can do so and be assured of getting good quality. Many times it is desirable to use several different cameras in photographing certain pictures, and at times it is desirable to use cameras of different types such as the camera that is loaded with a magazine.
If such a picture is to be edited by means of a work print and edge numbers are to be used in the editing, it is almost necessary that all the originals be edge-numbered or the system will be quite useless. If the films have been obtained at different sources or if the pictures have been taken by various photographers in different parts of the country, it is almost necessary that all the film be edge-numbered, otherwise a number of shots will probably be made on film that is not edge-numbered. The writer believes that the day will come when all 16-mm film will be edge-numbered, and at the present time it should be possible to obtain on special order edge-numbered film from any film manufacturer.
It was to be expected that a number of persons would ask for improvements in color-film and a method of obtaining cheaper colorprints. There were some suggestions made in regard to improving color-film but only one request for cheaper color-prints. (Since that time there has been a reduction in the price of color-prints in quantity.) The improvement that seems to be most wanted in 16-mm color-film is an indoor or Mazda-light type of film with a speed com