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China Girl (filmmaking)

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developed the Laboratory Aim Density system as a means of simplifying the production of motion picture prints. Under the LAD system, Kodak created many duplicate negatives of a single China Girl and provided them to laboratories to include in their standard leaders. These LAD frames were exposed to
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specific guidelines and allowed a laboratory technician to quickly make a subjective evaluation of a print's exposure and color tone by looking at the China Girl herself. If a more objective evaluation were required, a
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The "China girl" has occasionally appeared as a visual trope in experimental films over the years. Some experimental films which use "China girls" include
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Originally the "China Girl" frames were created in-house by laboratories to varying standards, but in the mid-1970s engineers from the
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In keeping with changes to the modern laboratory process, Kodak also provide a "Digital LAD" to be incorporated in the
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could be used to compare the density of the color patches in the LAD frame with Kodak's published guidelines.
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Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc.
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shares her experience as a China Girl model for a film lab in New York City.
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In 2005, "China Girl" images were the subject of an art exhibit by
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process to check the accuracy of the film printer and processor.
153:"China girl" images appear during the closing credits of 166:The narrator and main character in the 2013 novel 259:"China Girls, Death Proof, and the Hidden Faces" 8: 240:Harvard Gazette: A bevy of unknown beauties 142:by Thomas Draschan and Stella Friedrichs, 34:A China Girl image with explanatory labels 202: 130:(2005) by Julie Buck and Karin Segal, 7: 25: 210:Garage Sale Cineaste: China Girls 27:Color test image for movie film 146:(2006) by Michelle Silva, and 1: 134:(1996) by Timoleon Wilkins, 321: 138:(1984) by Morgan Fisher, 284:A gallery of china girls 150:(2012) by Mark Toscano. 148:Releasing Human Energies 228:Origins of "China Girl" 92:and Karin Segal at the 18:China girl (filmmaking) 35: 71:Eastman Kodak Company 33: 305:Audiovisual ephemera 94:Harvard Film Archive 300:Display technology 245:2016-07-06 at the 215:2008-12-04 at the 36: 169:The Flamethrowers 155:Quentin Tarantino 16:(Redirected from 312: 271: 270: 268: 266: 255: 249: 237: 231: 225: 219: 207: 140:To the Happy Few 21: 320: 319: 315: 314: 313: 311: 310: 309: 290: 289: 280: 275: 274: 264: 262: 261:. 14 April 2019 257: 256: 252: 247:Wayback Machine 238: 234: 226: 222: 217:Wayback Machine 208: 204: 199: 182: 50:) is a type of 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 318: 316: 308: 307: 302: 292: 291: 288: 287: 279: 278:External links 276: 273: 272: 250: 232: 220: 201: 200: 198: 195: 194: 193: 188: 181: 178: 174:Rachel Kushner 136:Standard Gauge 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 317: 306: 303: 301: 298: 297: 295: 285: 282: 281: 277: 260: 254: 251: 248: 244: 241: 236: 233: 229: 224: 221: 218: 214: 211: 206: 203: 196: 192: 189: 187: 186:Shirley cards 184: 183: 179: 177: 175: 171: 170: 164: 162: 161: 156: 151: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 128:Girls on Film 125: 121: 117: 114:(1965–66) by 113: 112: 107: 103: 102: 96: 95: 91: 86: 84: 79: 77: 72: 67: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 32: 19: 263:. Retrieved 253: 235: 223: 205: 167: 165: 158: 152: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 119: 109: 106:Bruce Conner 99: 97: 87: 80: 76:densitometer 68: 60:Shirley Card 48:china animal 47: 43: 39: 37: 160:Death Proof 144:China Girls 56:reel leader 294:Categories 265:August 30, 230:(archived) 197:References 122:(1976) by 104:(1962) by 101:Cosmic Ray 90:Julie Buck 42:(known as 40:china girl 124:Owen Land 116:Owen Land 64:porcelain 52:test film 44:china boy 243:Archived 213:Archived 180:See also 83:film-out 191:Lenna 267:2021 172:by 157:'s 46:or 296:: 163:. 132:MM 126:, 118:, 108:, 38:A 286:. 269:. 20:)

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China girl (filmmaking)

test film
reel leader
Shirley Card
porcelain
Eastman Kodak Company
densitometer
film-out
Julie Buck
Harvard Film Archive
Cosmic Ray
Bruce Conner
Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc.
Owen Land
Owen Land
Quentin Tarantino
Death Proof
The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner
Shirley cards
Lenna
Garage Sale Cineaste: China Girls
Archived
Wayback Machine
Origins of "China Girl"
Harvard Gazette: A bevy of unknown beauties
Archived
Wayback Machine
"China Girls, Death Proof, and the Hidden Faces"

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