| Term |
Description |
Definition |
V |
| CELL-DIRT | Cell Dirt visible | Dirt and dust that have settled on the cells and change as the cels are photographed in sequence, resulting in stop motion animation of dirt and dust. Unique to cell animation. Example: Mickey Mouse Shorts, Fantasia. | 1.1 |
| CHEMICAL-STAIN | Chemical Stain visible | A type of film dirt that is caused by a chemical spill, developer stains, or improper washing in film processing tank. Appears like a transparent colored spots on image. Similar to looking at a cell through a microscope. | 1.1 |
| DIRT | Dirt visible | For B&W and Color negative: Dirt on the film appears as white or black spots. For films using successive exposure and YCM 3-strip Technicolor, dirt could also appear as spots of Red, green and/or blue. | 1.1 |
| DUST-REMOVAL-ERROR | Dust Removal artifcat or error | When an artifact or error was created through the process of cleaning and repairing dirt, dust or scratches on the film. | 1.1 |
| EMULSION-STAIN | Emulsion Stain visisble | Stain from the emulsion used on film in the telecine process. A stain on the emulsion side of the film. Looks like a white blotch on image. | 1.1 |
| FILM-BUMP | Film Bump | An abrupt shift in position or brightness due to the instability of the film element. | 1.1 |
| FILM-JITTER | Film Jitter | The image is not stable, but has a shaky, jittery quality due to misaligned frames of film. | 1.1 |
| HAIR | Hair visible | Film Hair; Strands of hair or dust particle which have been optically printed into the film element. Usually seen at the top or bottom of the screen. An actual hair that was caught in the film camera. This could last throughout or a piece of dirt that looks like a hair. | 1.1 |
| LIGHT-LEAK | Light Leak visible | When light leaks through the side of the camera lens causing a section or the whole image appear to be washed out or a fluctuating rhythmic discoloration and exposure issue on the side of the frame. | 1.1 |
| MISTIME | Mistime flash visible | A brief one frame horizontal flash that can be seen at the top or bottom of the first or last frame of a shot. | 1.1 |
| NOISE-GRAIN | Noise/Grain excessive | The amount of grain inherent in the film source is excessive. Small particles cover image that reduces picture definition. | 1.1 |
| OTHER | Any other film issue | Any other film issue not specified in another term | 1.1 |
| REEL-MARKER | Reel Marker visible | Circular marker on the upper right hand corner of the film that delineates the end of a reel. Also called a cigarette burn. Appears at 8 seconds and 1 second before the end of a reel, marked on 4 consecutive frames | 1.1 |
| SCRATCHES | Scratches visible | A thin line, horizontal or vertical, in the picture. Can last for one frame or an entire reel of film. Scratches may appear black, white or colored, depending on which side of the film is scratched and how deep the scratches is. Possible causes are bad rollers on the Rank Cintel or film cleaner, mis threading of the film or debris embedded in the capstan. | 1.1 |
| SPLICE-ISSUE | Bad Splice/Visible Splice | A cut in the film that is distorted, has visual break-up, or the images around the cut are misaligned, cropped or mixed with each other. | 1.1 |
| SPOT | Spot(s) visible | Spots that look like transparent water spots on the film, are usually source related issues | 1.1 |
| TEAR | Tear artifact visible | An area of the film that has a "tear-like" appearance, often white, from a physical defect on the film. | 1.1 |
| TELECINE-ERROR | Telecine Error | Generic catch-all for an error in the telecine process transferring film to video. | 1.1 |
| WARP | Warp visisble | At the cut point of spliced film, the shot warbles or appears visibly warped and/or distorted for a split second. This is usually found on older film stock and is caused by a poorly made cement splice in the negative joining two shots together. | 1.1 |
| WATER-DAMAGE | Water Damage visisble | The film image has splotchy areas from water damage. | 1.1 |