Heikki Repo Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Have you seen this yet? :) http://alphagrip.co.uk/index.php/blog/item/364-alpha-lab-ready-to-roll http://www.alphagrip.co.uk/index.php/blog/item/363-alpha-lab-and-mb60 Edited March 27, 2015 by Heikki Repo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted March 27, 2015 Site Sponsor Share Posted March 27, 2015 Mobile film processing, really cool. The Processor came from Technicolor NYC if I am correctly informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted March 27, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Good idea for one big production, what will you do if you have two big productions not in the same location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 ^ I believe they plan on having multiple available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Not spotting this thread I started another. I read that the mobile 35mm film lab staffed by a mix of former Deluxe, Rank and Technicolor people. Currently there is one unit, but I gather there are plans for more. 20,000 ft per 8 hr shift sounds like it may be intended to service one major production, at most two.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) If this is operated like the in house TV station processing labs on a rolling basis, productions to could have the rushes into the editing room in a pretty short time. Edited March 28, 2015 by Brian Drysdale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Went to the launch of this on Thursday at Pinewood Studios very impressive, unprocessed neg in the front 4k scan out at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Salim Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 ...has John Tadros left idailies then ? John S :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeremy Cavanagh Posted March 29, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 29, 2015 Is there a website and does anyone have an idea of pricing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Mattila Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 This maked me think of great soviet film director Alexander Medvedkins cinema train. He had whole studio in it from cameras to printing lab. They did go aroud country on rails and make films about people. At the end they screened finished for the same folks that they shoot for the movie. An other great filmmaker Chris Marker did make brilliant film about Medvedkin: http://chrismarker.org/chris-marker/the-last-bolshevik-by-chris-marker/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Velez Jr Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is like my dream come true! I love it. Juha thanks for that link, I am so intrigued by Medvedkin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Did Cousteau have something similar? I know Steve Zissou did. In all seriousness, this is great. A mobile lab coupled with an HD tap goes a long way to mitigating some of the set backs of a photo chemical work flow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 The Calypso had a stills darkroom and E6 line, but not a MP processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob spence Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 This is a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I spoke to a retired Deluxe worker who is going to a reunion this weekend, and he thought it was an April Fool's joke :D But maybe he'll find out more there. Yes, great idea to cut out the time disadvantage of chemical film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob spence Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 More news here. http://www.bscine.com/2015/film-processing-in-the-uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Does anybody know about a new film lab at Pinewood UK ? I heard that the mobile Alpha Lab has been abandoned (perhaps because we are a small country ?) but apparently there are plans to process Kodak 35mm film at Pinewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Does anybody know about a new film lab at Pinewood UK ? I heard that the mobile Alpha Lab has been abandoned If you find out where they abandoned it then please let me know as I'm interested. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted May 9, 2016 Site Sponsor Share Posted May 9, 2016 I thought Alpha grip was building a second Alpha Lab, and that they had "abandoned" the first one in the USA with a full staff..... My info could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny N Suleimanagich Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 How recent is this info? I saw the lab myself when it was in NY. It traveled south for another show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted May 10, 2016 Site Sponsor Share Posted May 10, 2016 When I said "abandoned" I meant not abandoned but still up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted May 10, 2016 Site Sponsor Share Posted May 10, 2016 http://alphalab.london/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 If you find out where they abandoned it then please let me know as I'm interested. :) Ha ha yes me too ! My info could be wrong also about the UK one. Just something I heard :unsure: Either way, it looks like film is alive and well for feature production here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Ha ha yes me too ! My info could be wrong also about the UK one. Just something I heard :unsure: Either way, it looks like film is alive and well for feature production here. I think you are struggling with the idea of "mobile". This means it can move. So it wasn't abandoned, it just moved elsewhere. Shame I thought I might have a new des rez! Freya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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