Please understand, due to their complex nature, we cannot repond to technical questions or requests for estimates in writing; in all cases we prefer voice contact.
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FRAME RATES / FILM SPEED
ON ARCHIVAL FILM WE STRIVE TO REPRESENT ORIGINAL CAMERA FRAME RATES so that the motion is natural.
On artists films, WE REPRESENT DESIGNATED FRAME RATES, VARIABLE FROM 1 TO 24 FRAMES PER SECOND as instructed by the artist or the director.
CAREFUL HANDLING
WE DO CAREFUL FILM HANDLING, INSPECTION, REPAIR, RECONDITIONING, and RESPLICING AS NEEDED.
WE CAN TRANSFER SHRUNKEN OR DETERIORATED ORIGINAL 8mm, SUPER 8 OR 16mm reversal MATERIALS. THIS IS OUR SPECIALITY.
SOUND
WE TRANSFER SYNC SOUND from "all the usual suspects"
including
SINGLE SYSTEM SOUND-on-FILM
1 track or 2 track or stereo sound on film;
MAGNETIC 8mm, Super 8,
FULLCOAT 8mm, Super 8,
OPTICAL or MAGNETIC 16mm,
FULLCOAT 16mm interlocked,
and
SOUNDTRACKS FROM OTHER SOURCES
LIKE OPEN REEL AUDIO TAPE, AUDIO CASSETTE.
We can do sync corrections in the above formats.
CLEANING
There is NO CHARGE FOR CLEANING unless unusual circumstances present themselves, such as advanced mildew, sticky tape or chewing gum. It is our prerogative to make our work as clean as possible. We check and clean film by hand. We will advise you when we need to charge for special handling, repair or assembly.FAST TURN-AROUND
We work by appointment only. Most often we transfer and ship work on the same day when scheduled in advance with you. Please plan your production carefully. We encourage you to book time with us 10 days in advance, much longer if the job is large or if you are combining a transfer session with other travel to New England.
PAYMENT
We ask for a check as deposit on the work in advance based on our estimate. We are very old-fashioned; we do not accept credit cards. If you have overpaid, we will refund the balance immediately. Small balances due are often billed. We reserve the right to add a surcharge for work performed with less than 48 hours notice, for nights, weekends or for jobs requiring unusual or extra documentation. If you are reasonable to work with you may well avoid surcharges.
RIGHTS AND RELEASES
We transfer original materials which are usually carried to us in the hands of the original owners. If you are asking for service on a film not made or owned by you, we need you to get permission and clear all rights and releases prior to working with us. We infer that your contracting for our work implies that you have the rights to copy the material.
LIABILITY
Your films have artistic, historic and sentimental value to you or even perhaps monetary value to your production. We treat your films with great care while they are in our hands, but we do not assume responsibility for loss or damage to your films while they are in our possession nor in transit. Common carriers have advised us they will not insure films for content but will only insure for replacement value of raw filmstock.
SUPERVISION
In some instances the films need to be hand carried in which case a supervised transfer session is recommended. Supervision can save you money if you have done the work to be very familiar with the footage, have organized it and assembled it. In some cases, a documentary producer will want selected shots from a very large collection. In this paper, we recommend ways (unique to our studio) of organizing and marking the selects which can speed the work along. Instructions for producers on selecting and marking shots.
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SOME OF OUR CLIENTS
Brodsky & Treadway have handled unique original film materials for filmmakers and institutions as diverse as these:
FILMMAKERS AND MEDIA ARTISTS
Jem Cohen, Joe Gibbons, Saul Levine, Poli Marichal, Anne Charlotte Robertson, Michael Stipe, Sanjiban, Rea Tajiri, to name a few......as many as 300 visual and performaing artists a year for two decades.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Orlando Bagwell ("Malcolm X: Make It Plain"), Ken Burns, Natatcha Estebanez, Glenn Holsten, Lawrence Hott ("Imagining Robert"), Spike Lee ("Four Little Girls"), Ricardo Mendez-Matta,
Michael Moore ("Bowling for Columbine" first documentary invited to Cannes), Bill Moyers, David Sutherland...
TELEVISION SERIES
For 25 years we have handled the historic personal film records that are unique footage in great Public Television series like Frontline, The American Experience, Eyes on the Prize, Nova, Zoom, and P.O.V. and in ABC's The Twentieth Century. We like to say that if you see old home movies in documentary films with good shadow detail, looking clean, scratch-free and with the movement on screen at the right frame rate, it is likely we transferred it. But, when Super 8 is used for a flashy, degraded or a trendy look in a cutaway, it is likely we did NOT handle it.
MUSEUMS and ARCHIVES
The Academy Film Archive, The Human Studies Film Archive at the Smithsonian Institution, The Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum, George Eastman House, The Japanese American National Museum, The national Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the J.F.K. Library, The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library, Yivo Institute, local historical commissions, state archives, and private family collections.
RATES
Our rates are not published at this time. Work is done by hand for restoration and transfer is only done scene by scene so our work can get expensive very quickly. We coach filmmakers with a large collection to do a basic sort, as some films merit the attention. We will write a link here soon to explain how we recommend you check the condition of and sort your film to save our time and your money. Until she finishes that note, please call Toni to estimate your work. 978-948-7985 (9-6 EST)
TECHNICAL CONSULTATION
1 hour minimum, day rates for training archives staff. Call.
SPECIAL FILM HANDLING
Rates by the hour and then quarter hour increments for evaluation, condition reports, recommendations, reel assembly, repairs, re-splicing, removing mildew and reconditioning as required. Call.
WET GATE TRANSFER SCENE-BY-SCENE ONLY, REVERSAL FILM ONLY.
This means that base scratches will be greatly diminished or disappear and your film will look as clean as a possible. Bob Brodsky is only happy doing scene by scene transfers of reversal film because that is his speciality. Call Toni for a quotation, when you know the gauge, amount and condition of your work. 1 hour minimum, thereafter by the 1/4 hour. Top
TAPE
We provide new Fuji (only Fuji) videotape at cost. We transfer to NTSC Beta-SP or Digital Betacam.
If time allows, we can make a single viewing copy of the Beta or DBeta master on miniDV, DVCam, DVD or VHS (straight or window dub) but we prefer you use tape duplication houses in your area for making multiple dubs.
SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS
We track all packages in and out, so you must call before shipping with carrier and tracking number. We handle original materials which are irreplaceable.
Master videotape and original film are shipped separately for safety. This insures that an original film and master video are never in the same airplane, truck or location in transit.
Please telephone us to work out strategy for delivery so we know shipper, trcking numbers and date of arrival. We highly recommend services with tracking and signatures, like FedEx Express, USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, or UPS air service.
Please pack film in a cardboard box with adequate padding. Never ship any media, film, audio or videotape in a fiber-filled bag; NEVER!
SHIPPING ADDRESS:
Brodsky & Treadway
69 Warehouse Lane
Rowley, MA 01969 USA
for USPS (classic mail) use:
Post Office Box 335
Rowley, MA 01969 USA
Tel: 978-948-7985 (9-6 EST) Fax: 978-948-3308 (24 hr. fax)
More contact details below, but first: Announcing BRODSKY's NEW BOOK!
Location
Rowley is located 35 miles north northeast of Boston. The town is bisected by Interstate Route 95. We live and work near the Plum Island Great Marsh east of old Route 1-A. We work a lot of the time so we cannot encourage visitors. Please call for an appointment.
Contact B&TInstructions for producers on marking selects.
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NEED MORE INFO? Please visit our sister site www.LittleFilm.org as there we have information about small gauge filmmaking today, lists of labs as well as tips on restoration and preservation of old home movies, independent film and artist's films.
PLEASE SAVE YOUR OLD MOVIES and RECORD NEW MOVIES ON FILM
for the culture, for your great-great-grandbabies, for posterity.
for the culture, for your great-great-grandbabies, for posterity.
Call please us with questions or to schedule work. Tel: 978 948 7985 from 9-6 EST. If you reach a message machine, please leave your name, your phone number, your region, best hours to reach you and any technical details. Thank you, Toni & Bob
