How It's Made: Instant Film

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[@akhyarrayhka4048]

as a film photographer i am always amazed by imaging technology. from the earliest concept of camera by ibn haytham, to the modern camera device made by many european scholars in the 18-19th century.

[@cherryfruit5492]

How it's made How it's made episodes

[@redlayerguitars]

Step one: make up a lot of puns 😆

[@madmonkey8090]

Smokin that devils grass

[@vladimirmakarov334]

In America how it's made In Soviet Russia how it's made mades you

[@scheldon2244]

YES 😂😂😂

[@MustachoDude]

It was shown before but only as an advertisement in discovery channel

[@oatmealman1586]

"the technician dons night vision goggles..." I was not prepared for that development.

[@BabyMakR]

Ba dum tiss.

[@topgear3487]

How It's Made is the best show on Science Channel :D

[@tsnmproductions]

You're right

[@cmonkey63]

As a teenager, I once made a pin hole camera using a shoe box and a 4x6 sheet of b&w emulsion. Exposure time was about 15 minutes, and while it was cool, it satisfied my curiosity. The process for making "instant" photographs has always amazed me, though.

[@skinnypig4299]

"Guys, whose face are we going to use for the photo that you see develop in the intro?" "Ah, just get Gary from IT to do it. He'll be thrilled."

[@WolfmanDude]

That photo might be the narrator

[@skinnypig4299]

@@WolfmanDude oh my god I hope you're right. that'd be an excellent easter egg!

[@Tiredofadulting]

After watching Huggbees how it’s actually made…it feels strange to watch these now without his voiceover 😂

[@BigTunaTim76]

It was a great day as an 80s kid when Mom let you put a pack of Polaroid film on the checkout counter at the store

[@lawrencekazama]

This is one of the best invention that human beings can have ever invented

[@christianjepsen3679]

Anyone else guffaw at "Instant film is still getting plenty of exposure?"

[@frankierzucekjr]

Very cool, I always wondered what the big white bar was on bottom of all Polaroid photos. Fascinating to learn all of this. This has always been one of my all time favorite shows. I love learning something new. Thank you. Reminds me of Mr.Rogers when he used to visit factories

[@Quickened1]

The film is amazing, but what's even more amazing is the machinery engineered to make it, and the geniuses who originally invented it all! Not to mention the fact that this machinery is still in operation today...

[@BlueBoy0]

First time I've ever heard the narrator refer to "our" anything. Neat!

[@iteerrex8166]

Looking back in time makes one appreciate the smartphones even more. What a marvelous technology it is.

[@factorytour]

영상 정말 신기하고 재밋게 봤습니다~ 중간중간 연출까지 너무 훌륭합니다 ^^

[@druidicdwarf]

Me two weeks ago: Cool they have how it's made in youtube. Me now: omg new upload must watch asap

[@tomsimpson5317]

Used to love this show

[@KrustyBunion]

I would fall asleep if I had to work in that factory in the dark

[@politicsuncensored5617]

About 2 years ago I found in a box one of the Kodak cameras with a couple film packs. It was from the early 1990's. The camera worked, but the film packs were no good any longer. I would have loved to use it again, but... Shalom

[@brendakrieger7000]

Luv it 📸🎞

[@latenighter1965]

I wonder how much film had to be ruined by having the lights on for all this??

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

There's always some lying around, they cut the ends of each roll off.

[@tommyfrerking]

Destin from Smarter Every Day saw this and said "Hold my beer."

[@Shane-0000]

I love shooting instant film. Thank you Impossible project, now Polaroid, for recreating this. I hope someone can recreate Fujifilm FP-100B and FP-100B. I love the peel apart instant film!

[@JD-vi7pk]

Check out Oneinstant. It's an attempt to recreate pack-films, but kinda in a handmade way, since there is no machinery for this type of film anymore. It's also made in a coffee house and photo studio in Vienna called SUPERSENSE, which was established by one of the founders of Impossible project after he "retired" from the project.

[@Shane-0000]

@@JD-vi7pk fantastic! Thank you!

[@EverClayGuy]

Orang yang gagal akan nampak kesusahan pada setiap peluang, manakala orang yang optimis akan nampak peluang dalam setiap kesusahan

[@geoff3610]

The term "light tight" threw me for a loop

[@tinderbox218]

Pro tip: Waving/shaking the photo does NOT make it develop faster or better. Just set it down and let it do its thing in peace.

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

Still a very cool, fun, and relavent thing. I’m using HP’s Zink. My twin nieces have asked for a Polaroid camera for their birthday. They love the shape of the print, and they use it a lot in scrapbooking, journaling, and homemade cards.

[@rolls_8798]

apologise to their parents, those film packs are expensive af still, it's a better hobby than making tiktok videos, so I won't knock them for that

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

@@rolls_8798 The Zink film pack holds only 10 and they go for $/£10. It’s just gone in a flash (pun intended). But yes, better than spending time on TikTok waving about.

[@slcRN1971]

Very interesting! Many years ago when my now grown daughter was a toddler, I used one of these instant photo cameras for a quick picture of her. As it was becoming clearer, the picture was strange. My daughter was sitting in the middle of my mom’s sofa alone. Yet the picture had a ‘ghostly’ dog sitting on either side of her. Also a beat up, paint peeling half open outer door was where the inner French- Doors actually were!! The photo pack was new, first picture taken on it. Weird!

[@yonu5983]

I still have an old Kodak Instamatic Camera, and it looks new and works perfectly. The film is a little expensive though.

[@craigjensen6853]

0:42 So THAT'S what the narrator guy looks like!! Absolutely nothing like I pictured.

[@messedupfmj]

I hope thats him, cause that is almost exactly how I pictured him!

[@tidakadaide]

not him, Brookes Moore is the narrator.

[@craigjensen6853]

@@tidakadaide I looked up Brookes Moore (Brooks?). That's EXACTLY how I imagined him!!! Makes way more sense!

[@tidakadaide]

@@craigjensen6853 Yes, he fits his voice hey :D

[@user-yf7nd6hs8w]

The great wonders of the engineering. Too bad most doesn't appreciate it.

[@ziginox]

Funny how DankPods released a video on Polaroid cameras+film last month, then this comes out not long after. I wonder if someone at Science Channel is a fan?

[@Knapperoni]

Likely entirely a coincidence

[@wills5482]

This video is old af, it's just in good quality

[@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE]

Cool

[@Assad_]

No needed, we are the humanity all ready made

[@elkidosKer]

I watch these so I can have something to talk about on dates to make me seem smarts

[@kxmode]

NEAT 📸

[@NoosaHeads]

It's a pity that the current film ("Impossible") doesn't give as good a picture as the original Polaroid film that came out in 1974. (And) The current film doesn't develop as quickly as the Polaroid did. 50 years on and we've gone _backwards_ in technological results.

[@AeromaticXD]

It’s not that simple, they had to essentially re-invent the wheel, as many ingredients the original company used became illegal or hard to source

[@naia_love]

@@AeromaticXD exactly as they just simply lost the original way and all the old secrets and all ^^

[@BitSmythe]

1:15. Instead of ruining all that film, why not record with an infrared camera? Hey, there’s one right there that the tech was wearing!

[@davebaker9128]

I have a Poloroid land camera and have kept it in my car for photographic evidence in case of accident, however it is very difficult to get film anymore and when it is available, the price is beyond outrageous

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Use the camera on your cell phone. Shalom

[@davebaker9128]

@@politicsuncensored5617 yeah, I know cell phone photos, but I kinda like having an actual print in my hand, can't accidentally disappear

[@JDKempton]

Didn't realize that instant film was still available

[@nathantru2979]

How it's made: A.I Dialouge for how its Made.

[@poggy205]

never knew this existed, wow!!

[@shimonigmagames]

Now I know

[@samwinchester7844]

This video only covered how the Instant Film is made, not how it works. We should watch another channel 'How It Works'.

[@bsoundlighting]

Intersting how this episode was made 2 months after SmarterEveryDay uploaded his video of the Kodak Factory Tour

[@politicsuncensored5617]

It is a (5) minute clip of the original show that was 1 hour long. This longer show came out like 12-15 years ago. Shalom

[@glasshousefuture6836]

Is That the Guy, lol???

[@nileshjinwala180]

👌👌👍👍👏👏

[@jakesomeone2584]

This seems so in depth until you watch Smarter Everyday's videos about film.

[@JohnCrockett1]

So… magic? That was incredibly complex.

[@scaredyet]

Invented in Australia

[@dreadsalt4735]

Lets be honest, none of us seached for this😂😅

[@Chiaroscuro1991]

The finished product at the end looks pretty rough … was this an experimental batch?

[@luipaardprint]

In my headcanon that was a narrator face reveal.

[@bruninhamrso]

So darn complex

[@kimbratton9620]

📷

[@TheDecree93]

Hugbees….I summon you kind sir

[@turbopower7308]

This is what smart phone can't do

[@Rick0430]

How do they get all of these chemicals inside my iPhone?

[@supernovatv4729]

Wow.. so this is how it's made

[@Sodisna]

Applicant: Yes, I'd like to apply for a job here at this factory. Manager: Ah, good. We're looking for people are comfortable working in the dark. What are your credentials? Applicant: Well, I actually have a lot experi- Wait. In the dark? Manager: Yes. Our product we make is sensitive to light. Much of it's creation process takes place in low light area or in the dark. Applicant: Oh... Um, I have nyctophobia, a fear of the dark so...

[@jafrtc1993]

I thought baby is the only thing that made inn tthe dark.

[@Ahris_aus_der_8._Dimension]

1:50 lol, i dont get it, is that a glitch in the Matrix? xD

[@TakashiAmanoOriginal]

:31 Daddy?

[@koshile3794]

RIP.

[@greatPretender79]

How is the developer released/put in contact with the film?

[@PaulNewfield-PasadenaCAU-wb4xg]

When the photo comes out of the camera it’s squeezed between two rollers that pop the developers and spread the chemicals over the undeveloped film.

[@greatPretender79]

@@PaulNewfield-PasadenaCAU-wb4xg of course lol thank you.

[@whyindeed9937]

Is the image quality on those digital night vision googles better than the film they are being used to produce? 😂

[@mcb187]

Theoretically? No. But in practice, the film is only ever used in toy cameras. So maybe.

[@0mariamfofana0]

Nice, but how the process happens after taking an image ?

[@yourmum69_420]

The photons of light cause a chemical reaction when they hit the films, leaving behind an image. You can actually make a camera from a small piece of cardboard with a pinhole in it. Just remove your hand from covering the hole when you want to take the picture. The light will pass through and hit the film behind it and capture the image

[@aetherialdreams3210]

When you take a photo with a polaroid camera it works like an old film canister type by putting the captured image on the square film. The magic happens when the image is ejected out of the camera small pinch rollers crush the pouch of developer and it creates the image in an accelerated and somewhat less complicated chemical process compared to old canister cameras. It is and was quite the invention prior to the digital age.

[@yuricopperhooves]

Fun fact: Did you know that the main demographic target audience for this product was under fourteen?

[@rolls_8798]

modern polaroids are for children and capitalist subs. real ones shoot on film or suck it up and go digital - vintage polaroids are cool too

[@AccountInactive]

Guess they wanna know how we boomers took pictures with the cameras they found in the basement. 32 btw. Should be getting aarp mail any day.

[@rolls_8798]

@@AccountInactive they're actually well on their way to doing it themselves. hundreds of 14 yo girls out there with polaroids nowadays... it's a little scary tbh I wish they'd at least pick up some of the slack on the hundreds of vintage polaroids that are drifting around for like $5, the new ones look like toys, are expensive af and are pretty crap

[@MeaHeaR]

OMG é Power-Phull Orrrsé-Strâylêans 😱 😱 😲 😲 😱 😟 😟 😱 😟 😰 😰 😩 😰 😩 😨 😨 😲 😲 😳 😵 😩 😩 😧 😦 😦 😧 😧 😧

[@calvinthedestroyer]

2:05 "other chemicals" ya, no shit sherlock! can't give just a hint as to what it is or it's purpose?

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Skippy this is a (5) minute clip of the original show that was 1 hour long. Shalom

[@ssnoc]

Too complicated to understand -

[@arisusanchez]

anyone here from dankpods?

[@vaderbase]

Does not explain the magic.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

It is a (5) minute clip of the original show that was 1 hour long. Shalom

[@2LQ]

First

[@Blackoutfor10days]

Me first 😊🥇

[@nixie2462]

Am I the only one wondering who is the person in the photo at 0:40? I guess someone from production, tho.

[@anonymously241]

That's me!

[@tovirumelores7921]

@@anonymously241 sounds true

[@CrAck-MoNey]

Witchcraft!!! 😋

[@venndiagram5981]

You’re not telling us “how it’s made”’if you just keep saying “various chemicals” and “other chemicals”. We need details.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

It is a (5) minute clip of the original show that was 1 hour long~! Shalom

[@venndiagram5981]

@@politicsuncensored5617- that’s irrelevant. At most, this segment would have been about 15 minutes long and it doesn’t get around the issue that the narrator doesn’t reveal sufficient information to convey “how it’s made”. Alecheim shalom, mother chucker!

[@jenreypr]

Or... you can use a smartphone and take a ultra HD picture in second.

[@tieffliegerin7059]

there were no camera phones at the time

[@doctoroptical952]

It's the experience bro. Yeah no shit anyone can take a 4k ultra HD pic of their butthole with a cheap Trac phone. That's not the point. The other thing is that instant film is still used in law enforcement because the images can't be altered.

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

@@tieffliegerin7059 plus photos from phones most of the time never printed into physical copy.

[@merickful]

Technically you are correct. However, that has nothing to do with how Instant Film is made....you know...the topic of this video...

[@perez9619]

Clearly you don't understand the audience for instant film.

[@Sudeebkathimanpil1140]

Allahu akbar

[@lemedico]

so random

[@yourmum69_420]

Don’t blow people up, it’s not nice