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space for real. It was even seen in the prologue to Mike Todd’s adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days(1956) as a pale, small-screen, monochrome comparison by which to judge the modern wonders of 70mm Todd-AO and Eastman Color. Was it possible to fully resurrect the hand-colored marvel of 1902? “It became clear that there was a possibility when Gilles Duval of the Groupama-Gan Foundation and Severine Wemaere of the Technicolor Foundation for Film Heritage decided to be part of the venture,” says Bromberg. “They were real partners, not only financial backers. The final restoration work was made at Technicolor in Hollywood.” It may be only a coincidence, but with his curled mustache, pointed beard and cheerful demeanor, Tom Burton, Technicolor’s executive director of restoration services, bears a striking resemblance to Méliès. Burton oversaw the restoration of the picture, supervising a team that included lead restoration artist Danny Albano; producer Karen Krause; restoration artists Trey Freeman, Joe Zarceno and John Healy; and colorist Mike Underwood. “What we received from Lobster Films were digital files in various formats and in several different resolutions,” Burton recalls. “Some frames were captured via digital camera, frame by frame, and some were captured on a digital scanner from short sections of the 1902 original that could be copied on Haghefilm’s step printer in Holland. Because the initial digitization took place over a period of years in different locations and with different equipment, the material was not organized in any sort of sequence; each digitization session generated its own naming convention and framenumbering protocol. So, for example, there were numerous ‘Frame Ones’ from different parts of the film. “Much of the image data represented broken frames and shattered pieces of frames, and there were even several versions of some shots, with the files differing greatly in color, density, size, sharpness and position,” he continues. “It was not possible to play back a continuous image stream.” Using an HDCam telecine of a black-
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American Cinematographer - October 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Woolite “Torture”
Production Slate: The Skin I Live In • Margin Call
Road Warriors
Man of Action
Home Invasion
King of New York
Post Focus: Restoring A Trip to the Moon
Filmmakers’ Forum: Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Takuo “Tak” Miyagishima
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Xavier Grobet
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Cover2
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Contents
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Short Takes: Woolite “Torture”
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Production Slate: The Skin I Live In • Margin Call
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Road Warriors
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Home Invasion
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Post Focus: Restoring A Trip to the Moon
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Filmmakers’ Forum: Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - New Products & Services
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - International Marketplace
American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Classified Ads
American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Ad Index
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - In Memoriam: Takuo “Tak” Miyagishima
American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Clubhouse News
American Cinematographer - October 2011 - ASC Close-Up: Xavier Grobet
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