unmounted film cells??

angelcake

Please don't call me stupid

I keep coming accross unmounted film cells on ebay. What I want to know is what they really are? what can i do with them? and if it says 40 what do I get?? Are they a good buy?

I don't understand ......

Mr_Proctalgia

They are not what I would call a "Film Cells" per se! AFAIK (and I can remember seeing original ones) they are simply cut up bits of film.

Proper film cells pertained to cartoons and were the original hand drawn acetates that were used to make them, they were also rather large! I suspect that someone is getting hold of cinema film returns and having their evil way with a Stanley knife.

I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole!

Have a read here http://www.answers.com/topic/traditional-animation

robowen

angelcake wrote:

Please don't call me stupid

The only stupid question.......is a question that is not asked. :think:

No-one will call you stupid :cool:
Else they'll have me to deal with Ha Ha Take that !

rob

danmanchester

In my opinion they're about as collectable as those awful "genuine" preprint autographs that some ebayers are flogging..quite successfully too!

angelcake

robowen wrote:

The only stupid question.......is a question that is not asked. :think:

No-one will call you stupid :cool:
Else they'll have me to deal with Ha Ha Take that !

rob

aww thanx!!

Cheers to all you guys!! I did suspect they would be small bits of film but wasn't quite sure!!

I wanted to get a few Heffalump pictures for my sons nursery (When he arrives!! - 3 months to go :eek: ) I did email the bloke and he wasn't clear!! . if anyone knows where I can get some decent heffalump stickarounds or pics at reasonable prices please pm me!?

angelcake

so they would be dark and transaparent like negatives??



The black strip along the right is?

calleyw

angelcake wrote:

so they would be dark and transaparent like negatives??



The black strip along the right is?

Yes I would have said so. In my local shopping centre they offering strips like that mounted and with a picture of the lead in the film from £25 +


Yours

calley

outbidder

I contacted a seller once who was offering these for a film that wasn't even released and asked how he could possibly have cels from an unreleased film (think it was The Incredibles).

As honest as they come, he replied and said that the ones he was selling were the ones from The Incredibles trailer(!) although there was no mention of them being trailer ones in the listing.