The Cross Dissolve: Its history, process in film, and lots of interesting facts

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  • čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
  • Spuds looks at the history of the Cross Dissolve, what it took to produce it back in the day and how lucky, so lucky we are to be living in the digital age of editing. He covers in detail how it was produced using optical printers at the lab, and shows one of the longest cross dissolves ever.
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Komentáře • 20

  • @ATHMedia1
    @ATHMedia1 Před 4 lety +12

    I was editing on premiere and just realized how inventive it was for dissolves to be created with actual film but couldn't figure out how it was done until this video. Awesome info for fellow film nerds.

  • @rhello138
    @rhello138 Před 5 lety +6

    I always wondered why old movies have jolts before and after dissolves, thank you so much for explaining! One of those things I thought would be impossible to look up...

  • @juder2
    @juder2 Před měsícem +1

    that George Stevens dissolve was magical. Thanks for the great video! Makes me wonder how much they spent on the effects for Hill's The Sting

  • @HumorOfLife
    @HumorOfLife Před 5 lety +4

    I always wondered how they did it all in those days. Thanks a mil.

  • @tzachgefen6787
    @tzachgefen6787 Před rokem +1

    Great video man, thanks

  • @drewarnold6741
    @drewarnold6741 Před rokem +1

    Awesome explanation

  • @excel4u2
    @excel4u2 Před 2 lety +4

    I was 45 years in the business and your explanation is really good, especially the "save money" section where the editor only ordered the dissolve. That was always a challenge to try to even out in telecine but even with the best tools, it never came out perfect, like you said re film grain, film stock, exposure levels etc. How did you learn all those things? If you ever need an explanation on anything film, film laboratory, film problems, I'm your guy. I seriously Know It All!

  • @SwitchZetto
    @SwitchZetto Před 8 měsíci +1

    My god, this explanation was just perfect. This also explains why sometimes I can see some dimming halfway in traditional cross fades. Like the exposures don't perfectly line up

  • @mattlussier3000
    @mattlussier3000 Před 2 lety +1

    Fantastic explanation. Exactly what I was looking for without taking too long or being too brief.

  • @donkeyfacekilla1
    @donkeyfacekilla1 Před rokem

    Really great video!!

  • @erreenne71
    @erreenne71 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you! I was looking for this explanation ❤

  • @linuskarlsson9449
    @linuskarlsson9449 Před 3 lety

    Thank you, I’ve had this question in my head a long time until now!! 😂🙏

  • @Gabilson
    @Gabilson Před 4 lety

    Thank you!! I was very curious about how they used to do on film!

  • @BrennanJ96
    @BrennanJ96 Před 4 lety

    So cool!

  • @mvenzor
    @mvenzor Před 6 lety +1

    This is great, thank you!

  • @nikkic36
    @nikkic36 Před 8 měsíci

    I’ve wanted to know how this was done for years

  • @giusepperana6354
    @giusepperana6354 Před 2 lety

    Thank you, exactly what I wanted to know. Do you know if this process was always done from positive onto a negative or if there were alternative processes like from a negative onto a positive? I think this would likely affect the look so it's interesting to think about. Also one could use the original negative instead of a copy, possibly increasing the quality.

    • @PullMyFocus
      @PullMyFocus  Před 2 lety +1

      So they always created what was called an "inter-negative" which was a copy of the original negative. They never touched the original negative after that. It was placed in locked storage.
      They always went neg to positive to neg (internegative, interpositive, internegative).

  • @MilesNLamu
    @MilesNLamu Před 4 měsíci

    excuse me, what is the software used here?

    • @PullMyFocus
      @PullMyFocus  Před 4 měsíci

      Software? This was hardware old-school.