The document discusses R3store studios, a company that specializes in restoring and digitizing film. It describes their meticulous process for restoring film to preserve important cultural and historical footage. R3store understands the importance of film heritage and ensures memories are retained for future generations through their restoration work on valuable archives around the world.

2. Film is so much more
than a recording, it’s a
strong and vivid link to
our history

3. WHEN THE PICTURES PLAY, WE’RE
INSTANTLY TRANSPORTED BACK TO
A MOMENT IN TIME, NEVER TO BE
REPEATED. LEADERS SHAKE HANDS
WITH CROWDS, SPORTSMEN AND
WOMEN CROSS FINISHING LINES, THE
HERITAGE OF NATIONS IS CAPTURED:
ALL IN REAL-TIME…
As well as the large notes, the big proud occasions
that have defined the world, there are the simple
day to day notes: children playing, families
embracing, men and women smiling, holidays in
the sun - all images share an equal place in the
archives of our history.
Film is one of our greatest cultural treasures and
when it’s lost or damaged it can never be replaced,
it’s cast away upon the winds of time. It’s our
duty to ensure that memories and historical
footnotes are preserved and retained for our
children and generations to come, who’ll be able
to recall an eternal record of how we lived and
loved.
At R3store studios we understand its real value,
so we’re meticulously working on a worldwide
mission to restore film to its former glory and
update it for a new digital global audience hungry
for knowledge of the past.

4. Leaders shake hands with
crowds, sportsmen and women
cross finishing lines, the
heritage of nations is captured;
all in real-time

5. R3store studios was born out of acquiring
the BBC’s restoration and archive division.
Our highly skilled team of craftspeople is headed
up by our COO, Jo Griffin, a recognised expert and
industry leader in this specialist field and it’s her
vision and experience that has resulted in R3store
studio’s progressive methods and technologies that
set us apart from our competitors.
Working with national and regional archives,
museums, universities and galleries around the
world, R3store studios has a deep understanding
of the responsibilities of working with archive and
historical footage similar to, perhaps, archivists
refreshing fine art works or archaeologists
transporting important finds.
Who are we?

6. Our progressive methods and
technologies set us apart
from our competitors

7. Jo Griffin
Chief Operating Officer
Jo’s experience encompasses working with a
roster of industry names such as Jim Henson,
Columbia Tri-Star, Buena Vista and Walt Disney,
Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Channel 4, British Film
Institute, AP Archive and Imperial War Museum.
After heading up the content and restoration
division at Prime Focus she is now the driving
force behind R3store studios where she brings
outstanding vision and focus.
Gerry Gedge
Head of Grading
Since his industry start in 1983, Gerry has worked
on a huge variety of valuable projects and has
won two Royal Television Society awards for his
work on the documentaries ‘The Second World
War in Colour’ and ‘The British Empire in Colour’.
More recently his skills have seen him mastering
libraries for Movietone, Olympic Television and
Archive Bureau and the BBC amongst others.
His specialisms include digitisation of films and
colour grading.
Richard Watson
Head of Film & Digital Restoration
Originally an industry ‘runner’, Richard quickly
found himself in the film production rooms which
evolved quickly into the first footsteps in a career
in editing film. He embraced the advent of digital
technology and he took the opportunity to set
up a rushes department at a negative cutters
company.
He continued in this line of work until 2007 when
he began to move into film restoration work. With
a genuine love of film, he was worked on classics
including the legendary ‘Nosferatu’ and has won
a Focal International Award for the ‘Kinora Reels’
project for the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
Andrew O’Hagan
Colourist
Andrew is the R3store studios colour grading
specialist. Working with Jo he has moved to the
business after developing a personal interest in
the field whilst working in photo-shop.
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to deliver an unrivalled quality of service to an
International clientele.
Working together with Jo Griffin, the partners of
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and help shape the business through the opening
of new customer dialogues and opportunities,
whilst allowing R3store’s experts to focus on
delivery and the highest level of customer service
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8. Film is one of our greatest
cultural treasures and when
it’s lost or damaged it can
never be replaced

9. At R3store studios we understand
the importance of film as part of
your cultural and national heritage.
Working with this priceless resource
requires the meticulous and exacting
attention to detail we have developed
in our systems. One mistake is too
many, and thus we always use the
same set restorative procedures that
ensure we produce a high quality
result time after time.
It is this professionalism and competency
that has won R3store contracts with some of
the world’s most prestigious film libraries and
archives. We combine our consistent approach
with the ability to catalogue and promote
archive material in a number of digital formats,
helping it last for generations and delivering it
to a wider audience.
Central to our approach is outstanding
communication and feedback, delivering one
on one customer care. As an independent and
flexible studio, we offer a personalised service,
approach and attention to detail.
Why Use Us?

10. We understand the importance
of film as part of your cultural
and national heritage

11. R3store is one of only two operators
in the UK to use the Scanity machine.
This is the industry leading equipment
& technology in our field and offers us
the ability to transfer even the most
damaged and degraded films into a
digital format.
With the capacity to perform 2K & 4K scanning,
the Scanity ensures we can give our clients the
highest standard of service.
Scanity Hardware

12. Scanity HDR

13. As specialists in digital archiving
and film restoration we have worked
on some of the most notable and
valuable archives in the world. Key to
our service is a detailed, professional
and careful approach centred on
achieving the finest results for our
customers.
Underlying our service is an established
methodology that has been designed to help
restore even the most delicate and damaged
film. We are confident that our techniques will
work for any type of archive, with our experts
recommending the most up-to-date and
advanced systems of preservation available.
How do we do it?

14. We have worked on some
of the most notable and
valuable archives in the world

15. INSPECTION
A full survey is conducted into the suitability of
our techniques, to establish how your media will
respond to treatment and transfer before even
begin attempting restorative work.
FILM CLEANING
Using ultrasonic technologies, the surface of the
film is carefully freed from foreign particles and
build ups of material that compromises the quality
and picture of the film.
DIGITISATION
We use the industry leading Scanity HDR system
to transfer all film formats into digital archives.
With unique functionality that manages degraded,
irregular and even damaged film, this equipment
offers the highest quality transfer technology
currently available.
GRADING
Using the Nucoda Grading system, we are able to
ingest any file format up to 4K and grade frame by
frame then output again to any file format.
ARCHIVING
R3store is able to supply you with restored digital
footage in your preferred format, fully catalogued,
indexed and appropriately labelled to aid simple
future retrievals. This includes uploading onto
different digital formats and protected deliveries.
ACCESSIBILITY
With the wide variety of internet attached and
cloud based storage, we can best advise on how to
present the restored media to a wider audience,
turning your archive into a more accessible archive
of history.
Our process is illustrated on
our Workflow and Services
Presentation and includes:

16. Some Things We’re Doing
and We’ve Done
One of the most important tasks
undertaken by R3store has been
the prestigious Unlocking Film
Heritage project. Commissioned
by the British Film Institute, this
task centres upon the monumental
task of restoring, preserving and
digitising over 10,000 pieces of
nationally important film. Working
with a number of collections
and museums, each piece of
footage captures a lost piece of an
essentially British legacy. Prior to
the creation of R3store, the team
began working on the project and
have now worked on over 3000
titles and continue to do so.
However, it was not only the skill and
technique exhibited by Gerry, Richard and
Andrew that led them to become the go to
people for the project. In working with many
of the smaller archives, communication,
delivery dates and service became amongst
the most important demands. Due to a clear
and defined process, this is where the team
stood out from the other restoration houses
involved in the project.

17. Testimonial
“Working with R3store studios has been a hugely
positive experience. We really appreciate their
professionalism and the quality of the service
they deliver. Big, or small, it can be daunting to
embark on a digitisation project, but the team
at R3store guided us every step of the way,
going out of their way to support us and help
make the complex seem simple.
Francis Jones
Northern Ireland Screen

18. R3store studios
26 Poplar Business Park
10 Prestons Road
London E14 9RL
T: + 44 203 030 4172
E: jo@R3storestudios.com
W: R3storestudios.com
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