How Old Movies are Upscaled without Computers

When you watch a classic movie re-released in 70mm large-format film, this is the room where that print was likely made. Adam visits the optical recording lab at Fotokem, where technicians turn one format of film into another--either a blow up or a reduction--by literally pointing a film projector into a film camera. This conversion of analog formats is done frame by frame in a painstaking process requiring exacting precision.

How IMAX 70MM Film is Developed: https://youtu.be/WejZgrMZSL8

How IMAX 70MM Film is Projected: https://youtu.be/7S_geBV5bLQ

How IMAX 70MM Film is Scanned and Printed: https://youtu.be/SYkAWTmpTBc

How 70mm Film Goes From Negative to Print: https://youtu.be/6852g67rRv0

Shot and edited by Joey Fameli

Music by Jinglepunks

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