Test film
Test film are rolls or loops or slides of photographic film used for testing the quality of equipment. Equipment to be tested could include: telecine, motion picture film scanner, Movie projectors, Image scanners, film-out gear, Film recorders and Film scanners.
Test films comes in all Film formats: 16mm, 35mm, Super 8, 8mm, 65mm, 70mm and IMAX, both motion pictures and still photography.
China girl
China Girl or Leader Ladies or LAD Girl is common name for a test film with a color or Black-and-white set up chart and a woman. This would be used stand alone or placed on a film leader, that is at the start of the first roll of film. LAD patch is neutral gray, with visual density of 1.0. With the LAD patch is usually a white and black patch for white balancing. Color Patches of Blue, green and red are used to check saturated colors. Grayscale chips are used to check for neutral color balance and correct contrast. While the face is used for color correct flesh tones.[2] [3][4]
Types
- Resolution - Focus
- Registration and Geometry
- Framing and Aspect ratio
- Negative pulldown - 2, 3 or 4 perforation
- Color grading
- TAF - Telecine Analysis Film (Kodak Telecine tool kit)
- Steadiness - Film perforations test
- Streaking or after glow
- Keykode - film frame number test
- Optical sound focus
- Optical sound buzz (centered audio pick)
- Magnetic sound
- Dolby tone sound
Manufactures
(past and current):
- SMPTE -Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- Kodak
- Fujifilm
- D.E.L. test film
- BBC Channel 4
- European Broadcasting Union - EBU
- International Electrotechnical Commission - IEC
- ARRI
- Fernseh - Broadcast Television Systems Inc.
- Dolby (Audio only)
See also
- Testcard for TV and Computer monitor
- List of BBC test cards
- List of film topics (Extensive alphabetical listing)
- SMPTE colour bars
- Film analysis
- SMPTE Universal Leader
- Digital Picture Exchange
- 1951 USAF resolution test chart
- Optical resolution
- Snellen chart
- List of monochrome and RGB palettes
- Indexed color
- Color Lookup Table
- Computer display
- Grayscale
- 3D LUT
- Glossary of video terms
Images
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SilverFast USAF 1951Resolution Target by LaserSoft Imaging
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35mm film sound
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Anamorphic Film with Stereo sound
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8mm and Supper 8 film faming
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35mm film common formats
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16mm film common formats
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Keykode-edgecode
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35mm motion picture film roll on bobbin core
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A spool of developed Super 8 Film, with a protective white leader.
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B&W 16mm film, on bobbin core(not a reel)
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IMAX to 35mm and 35mm film
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2, 3 and 4 perf film
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The Indian-head test pattern TV test pattern, close to a test film but with out the Indian
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Indian Head pattern with its elements labeled
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References
- smpte.org Test Materials
- aig-imaging.com, Resolution| Digital Science TL5003 Scanner Test Chart| QA-60
- ericmojo.com, photo of a Kodak TAF film
- engineering.de Test Film by number
- Feminism, Issues, Movies, China Girls, January 30th, 2009, By Chelsea Spear
