The first step when doing a 16mm or Super 16 blow-up, prior to making the 35mm blow-up interpositive, is to make a 16mm or Super 16 answerprint. We will carefully analyze your negative scene by scene. Then an answer print is made in order to evaluate the scene to scene timings. Upon review of the answerprint and an additional round of timing corrections, we take the timing information and use it to make the 35mm interpositive. Some laboratories may take short-cuts that sacrifice the quality of a blow-up by making "best-lite" interpositives, which will not faithfully reproduce the original negative.

Once the 35mm interpositive is made, a 35mm internegative is made from the 35mm interpositive. Answer prints are then made from the 35mm internegative. These answer prints are typically used for festival and market screenings. For distribution, one or more one-lite 35mm internegatives are made for release printing.

Preparation is particularly important when doing a Super 16 or 16mm blow-up to 35mm. There are many options to choose along the way from editing, negative cutting and through to the blow-up. Please give us a call as early as possible in the process. We would be happy to discuss the many options involved. We accept Super 16 and 16mm original camera negatives as zero-cut A/B rolls or single strand rolls. In either case, 10 frame handles are ideal, however, as little as 6 frames is also acceptable.

For more information contact Janos Pilenyi at 646.502.9406  or via e-mail at janos@cineric.com