Q. What is a film cel?
A. The film cel or cels are actual 35mm movie strips
from the film. If the film, which is the usual case, is
in widescreen the image will appear squashed on the cels
as with widescreen transmissions on the older 4:3 format.
Q.
Why are there sometimes more than one series from a movie?
A. A different series means either that the first
batch of film has been used or a new movie picture has
been placed into the frame but with the same cels; or
a new movie picture plus different film cels from the
film in question. The latter is usual with long films
such as Lord of the Rings' as with a limited edition of
say 500 there is still plenty of useable film available.
Q.
Will I get a good film cel?
A. Not all the movies film is used, most of it
is usually scrapped as it has no useful or interesting
pictures. For example: The Matrix, film cels with any
of the main characters will be used but a picture of the
buildings without anything happening would not.
Q. Are film cels collectable?
A. Film cels are very collectable items and can
also be a good investment (we of course, do not guarantee
this). We are aware that previous limited edition framed
film cels from Star Wars have been re-sold, after a period
of time, for much more money than the original cost.
Q.
Which are the best film cels to collect?
A. The ones which are likely to go up in value
are the blockbusters and popular titles such as Star Wars,
The Matrix, Star Trek and Disney. However, our opinion
is at the end of the day, to buy the film cels that you
like and are happy to display on your wall. Your film
taste is your choice not others - buy the film cels that
you like and enjoy them!
Q.
Shouldn't the cell be spelt cel?
A. Yes, that is correct. The word cel comes from
the word celluloid and, traditionally, in the movie industry
it is spelt cel and not cell. However, most people do
not know this and that is why we spell the word incorrectly.
However, our website name is correct!