Harry Laos Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Heartbreaking news as Park Road Post is shutting it's lab in late June of 2013, effectively ending film in NZ. I can't see myself sending my film overseas for processing :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg MacPherson Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 When I compared prices a few months ago Park road were charging NZ 0.45/ft (almost US 0.38/ft). There was a lab in LA charging US 0.13/ft and I saw a lab near NY offer someone US 0.11/ft. So I think there has been good motivation to ship film out of NZ for processing for a while. The customs scanner issues concern me a bit. There was some discussion about that in a recent thread. Are you in Auckland or Wellington? Cheers, Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Laos Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Wellington When I compared prices a few months ago Park road were charging NZ 0.45/ft (almost US 0.38/ft). There was a lab in LA charging US 0.13/ft and I saw a lab near NY offer someone US 0.11/ft. So I think there has been good motivation to ship film out of NZ for processing for a while. The customs scanner issues concern me a bit. There was some discussion about that in a recent thread. Are you in Auckland or Wellington? Cheers, Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeremy Cavanagh Posted March 24, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted March 24, 2013 Harry, Park Road was the last mainstream lab (i.e. including 35mm) in both NZ and Australia, is that correct? Jane Campion's Top of the Lake series was that shot on film and if so where was the processing done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Compton Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 There is still Deluxe in Sydney, Shaw Bros and Mandarin Film Labs in Hong Kong and Kantana in Thailand and Imagica & Toei Lab Co.(Tokyo), Imagica West (Osaka), Japan. Still, plenty of options for people in the Pacific Region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Laos Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think they were the last lab in Australasia offering prints. I don't know about the Jane Campion movie :unsure: Harry, Park Road was the last mainstream lab (i.e. including 35mm) in both NZ and Australia, is that correct? Jane Campion's Top of the Lake series was that shot on film and if so where was the processing done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Riley Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Hi guys, Here is a little news article they shot around our Lab the other day about the closure. http://www.3news.co.nz/End-of-the-line-for-Park-Road-Post/tabid/418/articleID/292305/Default.aspx Everyone here has tried coming up with solutions to how we can keep the lab going, from downsizing staff, to limiting services, but the revenue we needed to meet is unrealistic. The funny thing is lately it has been extremely busy, we've been processing rushes on several commercials and short films, we have a large run of release prints coming up for a NZ film and since the Deluxe Australia annoucement, we've had a bunch of calls from people in Australia interested in some last minute runs. Archives NZ, our biggest client, has been steady with work and is infact in talks to buy our equipment (and take some of the staff) to set up there own facility somewhere. This would be a best case senario, but I personally can't see it happening as it is a massive undertaking to set up a new lab. They would only take our ECN and Black and White Pos machines I think, so there is a slight chance you could still get Neg developed in NZ... Anyway, I will let everyone know what happens when I find out, in between job hunting that is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Laos Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Thanks for that update Chris. Film is a hard habit to break :rolleyes: Any new lab prospect would be glorious! Hi guys, Here is a little news article they shot around our Lab the other day about the closure. http://www.3news.co.nz/End-of-the-line-for-Park-Road-Post/tabid/418/articleID/292305/Default.aspx Everyone here has tried coming up with solutions to how we can keep the lab going, from downsizing staff, to limiting services, but the revenue we needed to meet is unrealistic. The funny thing is lately it has been extremely busy, we've been processing rushes on several commercials and short films, we have a large run of release prints coming up for a NZ film and since the Deluxe Australia annoucement, we've had a bunch of calls from people in Australia interested in some last minute runs. Archives NZ, our biggest client, has been steady with work and is infact in talks to buy our equipment (and take some of the staff) to set up there own facility somewhere. This would be a best case senario, but I personally can't see it happening as it is a massive undertaking to set up a new lab. They would only take our ECN and Black and White Pos machines I think, so there is a slight chance you could still get Neg developed in NZ... Anyway, I will let everyone know what happens when I find out, in between job hunting that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted May 6, 2013 Premium Member Share Posted May 6, 2013 I'm really surprised there are still as many labs as there are in the U.S. Filmworkers in Dallas still processes 16 & 35mm but mostly student films at this point. Hope they can stay open since it's really convenient to just drop off film one day and have it processed and transferred the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Tan Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 That's quite a shame! Talk about foreign monopoly of local industry.. On a side note, it's good to see some fellow kiwis on here too :lol: B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Riley Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Great news! http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/8851876/Lab-deal-gives-rare-Kiwi-films-new-life Topic started here. http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=60171 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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