How much do viewers cost?
- Absolutely nothing! Just register, search and download.
How much does Periscope Film charge for research?
- Research is always free.
Can I use Periscope Film’s materials for free?
- No. All materials must be licensed for use.
How much does Periscope Film charge for licensing?
- Rates vary depending on your use and the term you need. To obtain a rate card and order form send us an email and we’ll respond promptly.
- We charge by the second or fraction thereof.
- We are very competitively priced compared to standard industry rates.
Can I use Periscope Film’s materials for free?
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- No. All materials must be licensed for use.
Are your materials from the National Archives, or do you work with National Archives?
- No. Almost all of our holdings are from our own collections.
- We can help producers if they need assistance accessing materials in National Archives. Contact us for more details.
Can I use Periscope Film’s materials for free?
- No. All materials must be licensed for use.
How do viewers compare to your delivered files?
- Our H264 viewers are high quality 1:1 proxies of our HD deliverables — roughly 1/2 quality of the masters — and will look good in your offline cut.
What is the format of your masters?
- Our masters are delivered in 1080×1920 24p HD in ProRes HQ format, or 2k or 4k if requested.**
- This is True HD with a Film Frame rate of 23.98. One frame of film for every frame of video. No pull down frames (fake frames) to get your show rejected for technical issues. (For those of you cutting in 1080i 59.94/29.97 projects, your editing system will handle adding the correct extra frames.)
Is your footage just up-rezed SD video?
- No!! We rescan films directly from motion picture film to True HD.
How long does it take to get clean footage?
- Normal delivery is within 24 hours of the point we receive payment in full and a signed contract, not including weekends or holidays.
- Expedited service is available.
How do you deliver clean footage?
- We normally deliver via FTP download.
**99.5% of our Quicktime digital files are backed by real film that is available in re-scanned True HD. However as films age, some them deteriorate to such a point that they can longer be re-transferred or the the SD version blown up is simply a better looking option. In these rare instances, where we feel a previous SD version is better quality than the HD version, we will send both and let you choose the best looking option.