IMAX Film Processing and Editing

What happens once the IMAX film leaves set?

Once the IMAX film leaves the set,

we take it straight to the lab,

either shipping it or if we're shooting in LA, we just run it across town,

comes here to the lab

and it gets run through the processor, through the developer and fixer,

goes through the drying process and then at the end of production,

we go into the edit suite,

we take those rolls of film that have been digitized for us,

we edit digitally and then when the cut is finished, we get a list of numbers out of

the computer that correspond with numbers on the edge of the film that we shot.

We send that to the lab, they cut the negative physically,

they glue it together and then that is printed

with the appropriate color corrections

onto a positive print and those positive prints

will play in IMAX theaters directly.

There will be 41 of those around the

world where they're made from the original negative and it's

a first generation print and the audience can sit there and watch it, you know,

exactly how we shot it.

Shot on IMAX, filmed for IMAX, shown on IMAX.

Shot on IMAX and showed directly on IMAX from the original negative.

It's a very human process.

A lot of people involved,

some of whom you've met today, there's so many different people who

contribute to this process.

It's a very human, analog process.