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Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

 

Set of 35 different

35mm film cells

35mm film frames are also called "film clips",

"film frames", or "filmcels" by some collectors

 

 

This set of film cells consists of 35 different scenes from the 1985 film

 

 

This set is composed of original "flat" format 35mm film frames.  I do

not offer duplicate or reproduction transparencies as "film cells".

 

Shipping to destinations outside of the United States

is $2.95

 

Some great Disney animation film cell sets available now:

(click on the image to see the item listing)

 

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       THE LION KING                                        ALADDIN                              BEAUTY AND THE BEAST                   THE LITTLE MERMAID

 

                                    

      

 


A Tutorial on 35mm Film Cells


 

 

What is a film cell?


 

Imagine if you would a movie or TV show on 35mm film....

The movie itself consists of the reel of film - a series of individual
frames of 35mm film that, when in motion, give the illusion of life
on the big screen. When stilled, however, a single frame of film
( in flat format ) looks like a slide transparency.

 

Now imagine if you could have a single frame of film featuring a great

character or scene from your favorite movie or TV series.....

 

    

    

35mm film cells (actual size is approximately 35mm x 20mm)

 

You now have a 35mm film cell.  Film cells (also called film clips,

film frames, or film cels -- it's all the same thing) can be mounted

using single-frame 35mm slide mounts to make great quality color

(or black and white) slides of high image sharpness and clarity

(since film cells are taken from original 35mm film footage, the

image quality is excellent).

 

35mm film cell mounted as a slide

 

 To give you an idea of how fine the image quality is with film cells,

I took the single film cell pictured above and enlarged it to many

times its original size.  Below you can see the result:

 

 

As you can see, even at such extreme enlargement, the resulting image

is still crisp and clean without any muddiness or grainy appearance.

 

People collect 35mm film cells because they offer a way to acquire high

quality photographic material from their favorite movies or of their favorite

stars for much less than cost of photographs or slide duplicates ( which

may have been repeatedly copied resulting in poor image quality ).

 

How do I make slides from my film cells?


 

 To make slides from your film cells is as simple as mounting them in a

35mm single-frame slide mount.  Note that you need 35mm single-frame

slide mounts for mounting film cells.  This is important - 35mm full-frame slide

mounts - are too large for use with film cells.  Be sure when buying

mounts to specify that you require 35mm single-frame mounts.

 

How should I store my film cells?


 

No matter how you organize and file your film cells the most important

things to keep in mind ( as with all slides / transparencies and photos ) is to

keep them in a cool, dry, dark place.  Excessive heat, humidity, and intense

light for long periods of time can damage your film cells.

 

 

Can I make photos from film cells?


Ok, this is a tricky question to give a straight answer on.  When you've got your

film cells mounted as a standard 2x2 size slide you can manipulate it just like you

would any other slide.  You can view them in a slide viewer, slide projector, file

them in slide boxes, and one could make prints from slides.  However, film cells

are copyrighted material so making photographic prints from them is copyright

infringement.  That said, there are a lot of fans/collectors who do just that -- make

photographs for their own collections and personal use.  Is it possible to do it?

Yes.  Are you supposed to be doing it?  No.

 

Know what you are getting


When you are buying film cells from someone online be sure you read

carefully to know what you are getting.  While this would seem to go without

saying, it's worth repeating.  Here's why.....

 

There are some sellers who are offering what seems at first glance

to be great "deals" on film cells.  However, as is usually the case, when

something seems too good to be true there is generally a reason.  These

sellers are playing with the numbers by offering lots of filmstrips from a

movie and counting each frame in the strip as being one film cell.  This

gives the shopper who is looking for a variety of different scenes an

inflated impression of what's being offered.  Here is an illustration of

how this kind of thing goes:

 

Let's say that I'm offering 20 film cells from "Winnie the Pooh"

The person buying that lot would get this:

 

    

    

    

    

 

"Dealer X" also has listed 20 film cells from "Winnie the Pooh"

but the person buying that lot would receive this:

 

 

I would send 20 total film cells, but I'm supplying 20 individual

film cells, 20 different scenes from the movie.  This gives the buyer

a good variety of scenes for their collection.

 

"Dealer X" sends sends 20 total film cells, but since it is in the form of

two strips of 10 film cells, the buyer is actually only getting two scenes

from the movie.

 

The customer who bought from me will have 20 different scenes to add

their collection.   The customer who bought from "Dealer X" will have

but 2 scenes and lots of duplicate film cells.  In both cases a buyer

is getting 20 film cells, but what the buyer gets from each dealer is

very different.

 

Compiling good quality sets of film cells for collectors is time consuming,

concentration intensive, and sometimes even tedious work.  It requires

attention to detail to make sure the sets are composed give the buyer as

great a variety of good scenes as possible.

 

When browsing a listing offering film cells for sale, be sure to look for the

following information:  Does the dealer specifically state how many DIFFERENT

scenes you will receive?  Does the seller use terms like "strips" or "segments"

to describe the film cells being sold?  Always ask if the description is vague

or you are unsure about anything.  Collecting film cells is a great hobby, and

a lot of fun compiling a collection, but just make sure what it is you are being

sold before you buy.

 

FLAT OR SCOPE?

This is another problem that has been cropping up more and more --

dealers selling film cells taken from footage that is in cinemascope

format.  The basic formats you find frames of film in are either "flat" or

"scope".  A film cell in usable flat format will present an image to you

like looking at a slide.  The film cell that is in scope format will present

a distorted, stretched out image.  This is because footage that is in

cinemascope format was meant to be projected through an anamorphic

lens -- this lens will cause the image, when projected on screen, to look

"normal" -- but a film frame taken from such footage is useless when

viewed with the naked eye -- the images stretched out and distorted.

 

   

The two images shown above are from flat format film frames

 

The two images shown below are from 'scope' format film frames

   

 

As you can easily see, the image from a 'scope' format film cell is distorted,

the picture stretched from bottom to top when viewed with the naked eye.

 

All film cells offered in my listings are flat format only.

 

All sets of original 35mm film cells are sold from one collector

to another -- no rights are given or implied.


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