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And we continue with

the hows and whys of analogue soundtracks, from conventional

silver tracks over high magenta up to the final dye tracks.

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We will talk about the production process of an analogue soundtrack.

Starting with the exposure of a sound negative.

ST8D & ST9

And ending with a soundtrack on a positive print film.

CP20

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Every exposure starts with a light source.

In a sound camera different light sources are used.

For example in a WESTREX camera,

Red LEDs for SDDS

Green LEDs for SRD

and DTS

A white incandescent lamp for SR

Let us therefore have a look at the performance of an incandescent lamp.

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Every object at a temperature above 0 °K (-273°C) emits energy.

Energy output of an incandescent lamp depends upon colour temperature.

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What about the spectral performance of an

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What happens during the exposure of ST9 ?

The spectral output of the lamp

The spectral sensitivity of the film

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Let us now see how with this kind of light source

a CP20 print film can be exposed.

First of all, we have to calculate the spectral emission for a 1200 Watt incandescent lamp.

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How is CP20 composed?

Polyester

YellowCyanMagenta

BlueRedGreen

Sensitized for Producing

On top of this, there is:

- a protective layer on both sides of the film

- a layer in between the dye producing layers

- an antihalation layer between the blue sensitive layer and the base, protecting the polyester in the case of laser subtitling.

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Let us calculate the actinic energy

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For normal analogue tracks only a yellow filter is used.

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And finally, colours are here...

Let us start with the dye densities

If we convert them into a linear scale...

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Additional silver density.

To produce dye density, sensitized silver has to be exposed.

In conventional soundtracks silver is redeveloped.

Also high magenta tracks are redeveloped, the only difference is the density levels.

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The final soundtrack.

The total soundtrack density is a mixture of different components.

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What about the soundtracks on the film ?

On the sound negative On the colour print

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A little bit deeper in photography

An analogue soundtrack in practice.

Dmax

Dmin

Image spread

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Practical measurements on CP20 print film

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D= 3.6

Practical measurements on a ST8D sound negative.

Because image spread is related to density, to find the optimum neg/pos combination a cross modulation test is

always necessary.

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The results of a x-mod test.

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How does the analogue sound system reproduce

the recorded information?

-The sound is recorded in a double, variable area track.

-The film is transported through a reader system.

-The reader “looks” through a narrow slit.

-The reader detects area variations.

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A little bit of mathematics...

S(t) =

Sin t

10Dmin+

1- Sin t10Dmax

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Signal level as a function of contrast.

With the contrast of the analogue sound track defined as

Dcon = Dmax - Dmin

and the previous formula solved as a function of this contrast, leads us to the following graph,

Conclusion.

By means of the nominal density aim value a signal level reaching 90% of the theoretical maximum level

can be obtained.

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Exposure of a colour print film

Conventional silver trackDye trackConclusion

By means of the colour balance of both dyes, dye tracks can be adapted selectively to the spectral characteristics of the reader system.

However since there is a mixture of white and red readers in the field, track performance needs to be adapted to both of them, leading to high

magenta.

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Let’s go back to basics now.

S(t) =

Sin t

10Dmin+

1- Sin t10Dmax

S(t) = f(t) { - }1

10Dmin

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10Dmax

S(t) = .f(t).()

() = 1

10Dmin()

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the signal level response completely.

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Introducing the film into this setup.

To introduce the film in this system without disturbing the response of itthe signal response () needs to be flat in the used part of the spectrum.

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Recommended aim densities and filters.

Sound system Neg.density Print density Filter pack

Silver tracks 2.5 - 3.0 1.25 - 1.5 #12 Yellow

#2B UV blocker

High Magenta 2.5 - 3.3 R= 1.5 - 2.3 #12 Yellow

G <= 3.8 - 4 #90 - 120 Cyan

IR= 1 - 1.2 or AGFA G00004

Cyan dye track 2.3 - 3.2 R= 1.5 - 2.5 #29 Red

G&B= 0.3 - 0.5 or AGFA L622

SRD 1.2 - 1.75 1.2 - 1.4 #170 Yellow

# 20 Magenta

# 2B UV blocker

SDDS 2.0 - 2.5 R= 1.2 - 1.4 #29 Red

G <= 1 or

B <= 0.35 AGFA L622

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Why high magenta soundtracks ?

Red readers are being installed more and more:62 % in USA (NATO report)

25 % in Europe4 % in Eastern Europe.

A soundtrack, not exposed for high magentahas a signal loss of 12dB on a red reader system.

So the high magenta technology is an intermediate stepbetween conventional silver tracks and cyan dye tracks.

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What about the advantages of pure dye tracks ?

For the labs:No more redevelopment.

A safer processing.Therefore savings of cost.

For the theatre owner:A much higher reliability because of the red reader.

For the theatre visitor:A higher frequency response.

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What about the production of dye tracks ?

Because of the red readers,we only need CYAN dye density.

To print pure cyan dye trackswe only need a RED filter.

Dye tracks will end up with:the same quality compared to conventional silver tracks,

being produced at lower costs and lower risks.

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What is the situation for this moment ?

Distributors now ordering high magenta prints include:Warner Bros. (100% in USA)

Universal Studios (selected titles)Fox (100% in USA)

Fox SearchlightMiramaxNew Line

The introduction of dye trackswill be pre-announced at

Showest 2001

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And finally..

Let us always remember, that:

Experience is what you get

if you don’t get what you want…

Many thanks for being here today.