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

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.

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

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?

Our progressive methods and technologies set us apart from our competitors

Jo Griffin Chief Operating OfficerJo’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 RestorationOriginally 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 ColouristAndrew 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.

Bliss Investment Partners Bliss Investments Partners (BIP) is a UK based investment and venture capital partnership, with interests across a variety of business sectors. These include cinemas, commercial and residential property development, financial services and leisure to name but a few

With a keen interest in emerging and developing technologies and businesses, BIP quickly understood the potential of R3store’s capacity to deliver an unrivalled quality of service to an International clientele.

Working together with Jo Griffin, the partners of BIP understand how to support the aspirations 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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Our Team

Film is one of our greatest cultural treasures and when it’s lost or damaged it can never be replaced

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?

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

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

Scanity HDR

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?

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

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.

DIGITISATIONWe 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.

GRADINGUsing 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.

ARCHIVINGR3store 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.

ACCESSIBILITYWith 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:

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.

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

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