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Topic: More junk for sale on Ebay
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William Hooper
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1879
From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-15-2004 01:38 AM
What? Don't you EVER check eBAy? One frame is a cell! It's not a cel, like an animation cel, which was called a "cel" short for celluloid, but which for decades have been replaced by acetate, hence an animation drawing is now called an "ass" for short.
They are now called "cells" not because they are confused with animation cels (or asses), but because film is multicellular. One of the major projects being pursued now by film archives is work to successfully clone an entire movie from a single cell; storage space requirments & costs will be drastically reduced.
You must be just joking, right? Surely your booth has a cell counter, otherwise, how would you know where to put the cigarette burns?
If you don't have a cell counter, there's one on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&&item=3860426144
Brad probably has a manual for it here on the site.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-15-2004 09:19 AM
quote: Steve Kraus
Celluloid was replaced by acetate? Really? Celluloid IS acetate! Cellulose Triacetate (and once upon a time cellulose diacetate).
"Celluloid" is a trademark for cellulose nitrate. Technically, it only applies to cellulose nitrate plastics:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Celluloid
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The name Celluloid actually began as a trademark
http://www.plastiquarian.com/celluloi.htm
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This breakthrough in approach was the reason why Spill's patent action against Hyatt was ultimately unsuccessful. In 1870 Hyatt and his brother set up the Albany Dental Plate Company to manufacture dental plate blanks from the new material which they called Celluloid. In 1871 the Celluloid Manufacturing Company was established in Albany, transferring to Newark, New Jerse in 1872. A further reason why Hyatt's enterprise was successful where others had failed was that he developed machinery for working the new material - his 'stuffing machine' was a forerunner of injection moulding. He worked with machinery manufacturers such as Burroughs to make the first plastics processing machinery.
Celluloid became the generic name for cellulose nitrate plastics and its use for knife handles, washable collars and cuffs, toys, table tennis balls, etc became widespread. However, the highly inflammable nature of celluloid was always a hazard to its manufacture and use, and as newer plastics materials became available its use gradually declined.
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