Fuji stops manufacturing films?

[Andreas Wideroe]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/fuji-to ... -the-year/

[Andersens Tears]

Oh, Fuji! Why?

[aj]

Why are the contribution from the admin of this site usually the bad news links?
We are alrady down to likely less then 50 users.

There is a question mark in the headline of the linked article.

And I always thought the big milage for filmmanufacturers came from projection copies.
There are still many thousands of cinemas across the globe who need real reels.
Not all can just invest the Euro-millions needed for a digital system
and many have are in locations with not so good data-connections.
Or are they supposed to start sending harddisk around?

[Pj]

Things change we all know that, nothing stays constant. To assume that all manufacturers will keep producing the vast range of motion picture film is idyllic, but not realistic. Lets not get swept away by rumours, rather than speculating I think we should use as much film as we can while it’s still here.

How do we know that this ‘news’ is real? Do we believe just because it’s printed? There is no hard evidence in the article, instead it’s speculative and as far as I know only one source has printed this story. Do they have insider knowledge? Who are they? Are we believing this because we are used to making assumptions based on our own personal knowledge of what we see as the realities in the filmmaking world, where we are regularly told that film is used less and less particularly for HD television and low budget work, I know that 16mm film is used a lot more these days for low budget work.

As far as I know Fuji make a lot of motion picture film for a rapidly shrinking market. They make, camera stocks, positive stocks, intermediate film and recording film. If there is truth in this news then it really is very, very sad news as it limits the creative choices for filmmakers, as film is not just a capture medium. I am sure that there would be plenty of stock made to olast until 2014 even 2015 work.

I think until other news agencies report this and there’s more substance to the story and until Fuji makes a statement this is not really news, it’s a rumour, some of it, or all of it may become true, but then it may not. We are in the middle of September and stopping manufacture by the end of the year seems far to soon, if they were stopping manufacture. A more realistic approach would be to cease manufacture in six months time.

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[Will2]

Good short term news for Kodak. They're the only game in town now. We should get a couple more years out of them before production goes to smaller companies (China?) that will charge more.

I like having options, but I've always preferred Kodak motion picture stocks.

I just hope Fuji stays in the still film business. I'm a huge Velvia fan.

[Andreas Wideroe]

Or are they supposed to start sending harddisk around?

That's how they do it in Norway (and have done for a few years)...

[nickrapak]

Here's an update, with a statement from Fuji: http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/fuji-di ... -products/

[Andreas Wideroe]

From the AMIA-L mailinglist:

Many of us in the Hollywood community have been in contact with Fuji, and local representatives confirm that as of March 2013, Fuji will no longer produce camera negative, color D.I. (4511) or color and black-and-white print stocks. At this time they intend to continue production of black-and-white negative for digital color separations (4791), which some studios use for feature protection. We have been informed that Fuji intends to focus on image content archive solutions (i.e., LTO/cloud systems for data). On the other hand, Kodak representatives have stated that they will continue making all stock types Fuji is discontinuing. Kodak has contracts with several studios to provide a variety of film products used in production, distribution and archival contexts.

[marc]

Why are the contribution from the admin of this site usually the bad news links?
We are alrady down to likely less then 50 users.

Show some respect!

[jpolzfuss]

Oh, Fuji! Why?

Despite the question marks in that rumor, there's one simple reason:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin ... -the-reel/
Quote: "According to a recent study by IHS Screen Digest this may lead movie studios to abandon 35 mm film prints in major markets by 2013 and stop altogether by 2015."
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/06/37 ... ywood.html
Quote: "Film studio 20th Century Fox has said it will phase out 35 mm film altogether by the end of 2013, and other production companies are expected to follow suit."
http://www.startribune.com/entertainmen ... 53335.html
Quote: "By the end of 2013, the six major studios will release new titles in digital format only. There will simply be no new 35-millimeter studio releases to project."
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/ ... in-the-us/
Quote: "A recent report from IHS Screen Digest, a company that analyzes trends in digital media, says that movie studios will cease producing 35mm film prints for major markets by the end of 2013 (the US, France, the UK, Japan, and Australia are considered "major markets"). IHS predicts studios will stop producing film for the rest of the world by 2015."

[jpolzfuss]

Now it's official: http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n120913.html

[lealar]

HUGE Bummer!!

[MIKI-814]

They won't completely shut it's Motion Film Division. Still manufacturing recently awarded stock (RDS?), Velvia and Astia, and also still photo films.

Seems to me that they've reached an agreement with Kodak: Fuji focused on the photo market and Kodak on cinema.

[richard p. t.]

Velvia and Astia of course not being motion picture films, but 'still' films.
RDS is the only MP stock they will continue with.

[Will2]

Spectra in LA is making Velvia Super 8 cartridges and it looks great. It would be fun to get it in 16mm or even 35mm.