NEW STRETCH GOAL! Be part of the new wave of film photography!

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Project visual NEW STRETCH GOAL! Be part of the new wave of film photography!
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11/14/2020
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NEW STRETCH GOAL! Be part of the new wave of film photography!

<h2>Hey, we&#39;re Raph and Cole.</h2> <h3>We&#39;re building a&nbsp;modern film photo lab&nbsp;right here in Brussels.</h3> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/687149/0a3b0704-ddd1-4906-a11e-5ff2e13c1626.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> <hr /> <h2><strong>First Goal Reached!</strong></h2> <p>We literally can&#39;t believe it. We have just reached a 100% and still have <strong>5 more days</strong> to go before the end of the campaign. A HUGE thank you to everyone that has already contributed, to everyone that has helped spread the word by sharing this page and everyone that sent us kind messages online we really appreciate it.</p> <p>Now that we have hit our main goal we want to put the focus on our <strong>7500 EUR&nbsp;</strong><strong>stretch goal. </strong>All the extra money we will receive in the coming days will be saved and will go towards either one more&nbsp;<strong>scanner</strong>&nbsp;to improve our <strong>speed and efficiency</strong>&nbsp;OR an <strong>E6 (dia-film)</strong> <strong>processor</strong>. The extra 2500 euros will make it possible for us to buy the whole machine at once. We will let YOU decide which one you think is best. Voting will take place on our instagram page!</p> <p>Now there&#39;s something else we would like to talk to you about. We said&nbsp;<br /> that if we reached our first goal we would have a&nbsp;<strong>BIG&nbsp;surprise</strong> for you.</p> <p>Now that goal has been reached so we will start getting that surprise ready for you. We&#39;re really excited about it but will only able to fully reveal it at the end of the lockdown.</p> <p>In the meantime here is a little hint 😉 :&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/695497/434b0bae-6ea4-4692-962f-1542b3ad9a80.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> <p>We will post more hints in the coming weeks on our social media so make sure to watch @morifilmlab&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2><strong>Covid update Oct. 31: </strong></h2> <p>Unfortunately, Belgium is going into lockdown. Whilst this is hard for small businesses, we&#39;ve also been preparing for this scenario.<br /> <br /> What does this mean for us?</p> <p>We won&#39;t be able to have the big opening we hoped for, <strong>but</strong>&nbsp;we&#39;ll be having a &#39;soft&#39; opening, only slightly behind schedule. This means we&#39;ll be launching our webshop and our contactless film processing service.</p> <p>The current situation might slow us down a little bit but we aren&#39;t giving up that easily! We&#39;re still on track to launch and we can&#39;t wait to see you all in-store once things are better! 😉</p> <hr /> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <h3><strong>So why film?</strong></h3> <p>We&#39;ve been best mates&nbsp;for well over a decade. We were born during the dawn of digital photography. We grew up with the luxury of being able to take as many pictures as we wanted.&nbsp;We started shooting film some years ago, after&nbsp;borrowing our parents&#39; old SLRs and we instantly fell in love with the film look.&nbsp;Film was a brand new experience for us -&nbsp;a creative challenge that allowed us to focus on the moment.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Fast forward a few years and we found ourselves down in sunny&nbsp;Australia, where the coffee is good and everyone shoots film.&nbsp;</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Walking around in Melbourne we saw many people our age shooting film cameras. This is when we realised that film is back and here to stay.&nbsp;We were lucky enough to both land a job&nbsp;at FilmNeverDie in Melbourne, a staple of&nbsp;the Australian film photography scene. Cole managed the lab and Raph&nbsp;repaired cameras. Gary,&nbsp;living legend and FilmNeverDie&#39;s creator took us under his wing. He taught us everything we needed to know to run a 21st century&nbsp;photo lab.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/688180/f05cfccb-b9e5-491a-95d9-044728f3c8cf.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> <p>When our visas came to an end we headed back to Belgium. Once home we saw that there wasn&#39;t much cohesion in the local film community. We met a lot of film shooters who were looking for more than their labs could offer...</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>We couldn&#39;t find a lab that fulfilled the&nbsp;&#39;HOLY TRINITY&#39;&nbsp;of film developing; QUALITY, SPEED and AFFORDABILITY.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>This is understandable. Most technologies used in today&#39;s&nbsp;film labs are from the 90s and are very difficult&nbsp;to adapt to modern&nbsp;needs. They are old and run on outdated systems and outdated hardware. The challenge for a modern lab is&nbsp;to use that&nbsp;high quality scanning and processing equipment and keep up with the needs of today&#39;s film shooters where everything is instant and&nbsp;online.</p> <blockquote> <h3><strong>So we decided to do&nbsp;it ourselves!</strong></h3> </blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/687157/47d2e589-69f9-4cce-8091-a38eb850233b.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> <p>With&nbsp;Gary&#39;s help we brought FilmNeverDie&#39;s unique and hyper-efficient order processing system back from Australia and&nbsp;tailored it to fit the needs of the Belgian film scene.</p> <p>After months of working and planning, our dream is finally taking shape. We&#39;ve found the perfect spot, right between Saint-Gilles and Forest in Brussels.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/688262/e1ce72ad-a55e-4362-8756-2efed6bc017c.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> <ul> <li><strong>Highest resolution scans only.</strong> No need to choose what resolution, your scans will be sent to your email in high-res by default. We will not compromise on quality.</li> <li><strong>Blazing fast turnaround.</strong> Our standard developing turnaround is 24 hours for colour film and 2 to 3 days for black and white. We&#39;ve modernised those outdated scanners and they now run on high-end hardware. They run faster and smoother than ever, almost as fast as Usain Bolt.</li> <li><strong>Developing with us is easy.</strong> Drop off or send in your film and you&#39;ll receive an email with your scans once it&#39;s ready. No USB sticks, CD-ROMs or messenger pigeons to worry about.</li> <li><strong>Can&#39;t make it to the store during opening hours?</strong> No worries! We have a dropbox outside our store, so you can drop your film off at any time of the day or night.</li> <li><strong>A friendly store&nbsp;and&nbsp;community space.</strong> Come say hello, try out a camera or have a cup of coffee while&nbsp;browsing&nbsp;a photo book.</li> <li><strong>Looking for a new camera?</strong> We know it&#39;s hard to find a camera that works as it should. Our cameras have been checked and refurbished where needed. All cameras come with a 6 month warranty, so don&#39;t worry, we&#39;ve got you covered.</li> <li><strong>We brought a little bit of Australia back with us.</strong> We&#39;re proud to announce we&#39;ll be stocking FilmNeverDie&#39;s popular IRO and KIRO 35mm film, along with their cool merch!&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Film photography doesn&#39;t have to be hard.</strong> We&#39;ll be offering various courses that will help boost your confidence as a film photographer. We&#39;ll cover everything from film developing to shooting different formats,&nbsp;perfect for all skill levels.</li> <li><strong>Community is key. </strong>We&#39;ll be holding regular photowalks and community exhibitions. These are great ways of meeting fellow film shooters and learning along the way!</li> <li><strong>We&#39;re not alone on this planet.</strong>To lower our environmental impact we won&#39;t be offering prints, as we find this a wasteful part of film industry.&nbsp;We exclusively use recyclable and recycled materials. We&#39;re always looking for ways to reduce our waste and carbon footprint. <hr /> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/687173/3a1fb631-5158-430d-8c90-61d0505179ec.jpeg" width="100%" /><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/687163/73f24e3f-2629-45a2-933a-d4140478e0a1.jpeg" width="100%" /></p> </li> </ul> <blockquote> <p><strong>We know that it can be challenging&nbsp;when you&#39;re starting out in film photography.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>It&nbsp;can be hard to decide which camera or film to choose, or even how or where to get your film developed. That&#39;s why we think community is key. Bringing people together means we all get to learn along the way. We&#39;re here to bridge the gap, whatever your level of experience, we&#39;re here to help!</p> <hr /> <h4><strong>We&#39;ve set quite a few different rewards, so there&#39;s something for everyone!</strong></h4> <p>Whether your dream is to have&nbsp;your pictures in an exhibition or if you&#39;ve always wondered how a lab works behind the scenes, we know there&#39;s a reward you&#39;ll like!&nbsp;</p> <h4><strong>Don&#39;t shoot film? Don&#39;t worry!</strong></h4> <p>Are you looking to donate a little something but you aren&#39;t interested in one of the film-related rewards? That&#39;s okay! At the very bottom of the page there is a&nbsp;<strong>&#39;Make a donation&#39;&nbsp;</strong>box. Thanks so much! Come have a coffee with us when you drop by our store!</p> <p>Alternatively, we have created a reward together with <a href="http://www.bxlrefugees.be/en/" target="_blank">BXL Refugees</a> that will allow you to <strong>gift a course</strong> to an underprivileged person. This is a full black and white developing course but we will cover the remaining part of the costs. We&rsquo;re fortunate enough to be in the position we&rsquo;re in and think this is a good way to give back to those dissavantaged&nbsp;.</p> <h4><strong>Choosing the KIRO 400 reward is your chance to be one of the first in Europe to shoot KIRO 400!</strong></h4> <p>We&#39;re really excited to bring FilmNeverDie&#39;s merch and their IRO and KIRO series film to the European market. They are a leading name in the Australian film scene and we think you will love shooting their film.&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/688236/e13d97b1-fea9-4ed9-8e6c-69abd95cd7eb.png" width="100%" /></p> <h4>To everyone who&#39;s donated and pitched in, we&#39;re super grateful for your support.</h4> <p>Every little helps and you&#39;re allowing us&nbsp;to build the lab that we&#39;ve always dreamed of.&nbsp;We can&#39;t wait to start developing your film!</p> <p>There&#39;s one more thing: we&#39;ve got a big surprise. Something that will come in handy, whether you shoot a lot of film or if you&#39;re shooting on a tight budget, we know you&#39;ll like it.&nbsp;</p>

Allocation of funds

<p>We put a lot of love and work into our project. Unfortunately, one of our sponsors backed out due to the pandemic.&nbsp;We&#39;re almost there and this campaign will help us finance the last steps in setting up our lab!</p> <hr /> <p>Here&#39;s a quick breakdown of how our&nbsp;<strong>&euro;5000</strong>&nbsp;goal will be spent:</p> <ul> <li><strong>&euro;500:&nbsp;</strong>Marketing of our project. This marketing budget helps us spread the word in the film community!</li> <li><strong>&euro;1700:&nbsp;</strong>The last bits of furniture, lighting&nbsp;&nbsp;and building supplies to finish fitting out our shop.&nbsp;Our shop is your shop and we want it to look great.</li> <li><strong>&euro;600:&nbsp;</strong>The last computer components and software packages for our modified scanners. This will let&nbsp;us scan your film even faster!</li> <li><strong>&euro;2200:&nbsp;</strong>A more advanced&nbsp;B&amp;W processing system.&nbsp;Our old Jobo CPP is showing its age. A newer processor would let us run B&amp;W batches faster!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stretch goal: 7500&euro;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Making&nbsp;it to our stretch goal would let us purchase another&nbsp;film scanner. This means we&#39;d be 30% faster at scanning your film!&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p>If we hit our main goal we will also have&nbsp;a<strong> BIG&nbsp; SURPRISE</strong> for all the local film shooters. We can&#39;t say much about it now but it will save you A LOT of money on developing and scanning and bring a lot of joy to your life ;)</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/687188/83240d49-61ed-4ab0-bb61-69511bf747fd.jpeg" width="100%" /></p>

Rewards

Featured reward

GIFT a black and white developing course to those less fortunate

€55

  • 5 contributions
You want to help us but don't really do film photography? Here's your opportunity to give the gift of film photography to those less fortunate. This is a full black and white developing course, but we will cover the rest of the costs! We'll be working together with BXL Refugees (http://www.bxlrefugees.be/en/). The course will be given to a refugee in Brussels and includes: Explanation of different emulsions and film formats 1 hour photowalk, using your camera or one of ours 1 roll of film of your choice Explanation of chemistry types and developing method Guided developing session High resolution scans of your hand-developed film. Your name will also be featured on our online wall of fame! Thank you so much ❤️

Every little helps!

€15

  • 8 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. One big virtual hug for you! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame!

PRESALE: 5 rolls of FilmNeverDie KIRO400 35mm film

€40

  • 31 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. Be the first one to shoot FilmNeverDie's famous KIRO 400 27xp 35mm film in Europe! We love shooting it and we think you'll love it too! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame.

PRESALE: 5x high-resolution develop and scan voucher (5% discount)

€45

  • 2 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. This virtual voucher is valid for developing and scanning 5 rolls of C41 (colour) or black and white film. You save 5% of the standard dev & scan price! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame.

Community exhibition

€50

  • 7 contributions
Big thanks ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. One of your pictures will be featured in our first exhibition! Your name will be featured in our online wall of fame.

PRESALE: 10x high-resolution develop and scan voucher (10% discount)

€80

  • 4 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us! This virtual voucher is valid for developing and scanning 10 rolls of C41 (colour) or black and white film. This saves you 10% of the standard dev & scan price! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame.

PRESALE: Black and white developing course

€100

  • 4 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appreciate you believing in us. You've just signed up for our first black and white film developing class! This includes: Explanation of different emulsions and film formats 1 hour photowalk, using your camera or one of ours 1 roll of film of your choice Explanation of chemistry types and developing method Guided developing session High resolution scans of your hand-developed film, sent straight to your email! Your name will also be featured on our online wall of fame! Courses will be given in small groups. Multiple dates will be announced.

Print for print!

€110

Big thanks ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. You will be able to pick a signed 8x10" print of one of our pictures from this album:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3660540270645020&type=3 One of your pictures will be featured in our first exhibition! Your name will be featured in our online wall of fame.

Behind the scenes

€180

  • 1 contribution
Big thanks! ❤️ We really appriciate you believing in us. You're invited to drop by our shop for a guided tour of our lab and an in-depth explanation of our film processing workflow and our modified scanning setup! You will be able to pick a signed 8x10" print of one of our pictures from this album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3660540270645020&type=3 One of your pictures will be featured in our first exhibition! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame.

Become part of Mori Film Lab

€250

  • 6 contributions
Big thanks! ❤️ Wow, you just funded 5% of our goal BY YOURSELF. That's amazing. We love you very much! Your name will be engraved on our in-store wall of fame! You're now part of Mori Film Lab!* You're invited to drop by our shop for a guided tour of our lab and an in-depth explanation of our film processing workflow and our modified scanning setup! You will be able to pick a signed 8x10" print of one of our pictures from this album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3660540270645020&type=3 One of your pictures will be featured in our first exhibition! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame. *no trees will be harmed during this process

I can't believe you've done this!

€1,000

  • 1 contribution
You've singlehandedly funded 20% of our goal. That's huge and we're eternally grateful to you! We'd like to offer you a lifetime 10% discount on developing and scanning. You're the best ❤️ A limited edition metal Mori Film Lab membership card, granting you a lifetime 10% discount on developing and scanning. How cool is that! You're invited to drop by our shop for a one-on-one guided tour of our lab and an in-depth explanation of our film processing workflow and our modified scanning setup. Lunch is on us! Your name will be engraved on our in-store wall of fame! You're now part of Mori Film Lab! You will be able to pick a signed 8x10" print of one of our pictures from this album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3660540270645020&type=3 One of your pictures will be featured in our first exhibition! Your name will be featured on our online wall of fame.

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