National Film Vault

OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING

AUTHENTIC

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MOVIEScooby-Doo Movie Trailer

SCENEVelma Dinkley

FILM FORMAT35mm

YEAR2002

CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000001862

FILM NOTES

Warner Bros. released Scooby-Doo in the summer of 2002, adapting the long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon into a live-action feature aimed at both nostalgic adults and a new generation of kids. The film paired broad slapstick with CGI effects for its animated dog, and its trailer campaign was central to building anticipation, running in theaters well ahead of release to introduce audiences to the cast stepping into these familiar roles.

This cell preserves a moment from that trailer centered on Velma Dinkley, played by Linda Cardellini. Velma is the brains of Mystery Inc., the bespectacled skeptic whose deductive reasoning drives the group's cases, and collectors seek her out as the character most identified with the franchise's problem-solving heart. As a trailer cell, this frame comes from promotional film stock used to entice audiences before the movie's release, making it a marketing artifact rather than a scene from the finished feature, valuable for capturing Cardellini's earliest on-screen presentation of the character.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of the Scooby-Doo Movie Trailer (2002).

Gauge: 35mm, four perforations per frame on the top edge visible; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations: Four per frame on the top edge, evenly spaced and cleanly punched; bottom edge perforations are partially obscured by the soundtrack area but appear present and regular.
Soundtrack: A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge beside the perforations, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area pattern consistent with a Dolby Stereo optical print; no discrete Dolby Digital data blocks, DTS timecode line, or SDDS outer-edge tracks are discernible in this capture.
Edge print: Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers.
Base & colour: The base appears neutral to very slightly warm; the dye image shows strong, saturated colour with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history: No visible splices, cue marks, or heavy scratching are seen; faint longitudinal lines consistent with projection are present on at least one frame.
Picture: Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the subject matter and costume are consistent with the Scooby-Doo (2002) live-action production.
Era check: A dual bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack on a colour positive 35mm print is consistent with a 2002 theatrical release trailer print, as Dolby Stereo optical was standard for that period.

Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.

This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.

Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.

CROWN SERIAL 000063722

Original Film Capture As received

The film strip as photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation

Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size