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Derann Film Services, commonly referred to as Derann, was an electronics store and small format film distributor based in Dudley, England, notable for being the worlds biggest distributor of Super 8 mm film during the 70s and 80s.〔THE MEN BEHIND THE MOVIES - REEL 2 (DVD Documentary, 2002) - states that Derann " ... already in the early 90s were the biggest distributor in the world, after all others closed down, and they still remain so."〕〔 〕 The company closed down in 2011. == History == Derann was founded in 1964 by Derek Simmonds (December 23, 1935 - September 19, 2002) and his wife Anne, whose first names made up the company title. Originally renting out 8 mm films from a spare bedroom in their Stourbridge home, their business gradually grew, and eventually they relocated to offices to downtown Dudley. In the following years, the company managed to secure deals with MCA, EMI, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, and eventually Disney, giving them rights to the production and sale of Super 8 cutdowns and versions of their films. By the early 1980s it is estimated that the company held around 10,000 titles in their library, many of them exclusive to Derann.〔 During the 1980s, both Betamax and VHS entered the market as a competitor to small format film, and the company saw a rapid decline in of film sales in favour of the new, more practical formats> Derann moved into this new market and produced many video feature films carrying the Derann logo (some of which still turn up on Ebay), although they continued to produce and sell Super 8 mm content to customers around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Resurgence of Super 8 )〕 In the late 1980s, Derann began sell home electronics, video and audio equipment in particular, to increase their financial strength. By the 1990s, Super 8 had nearly disappeared as a format for most users, remaining only in the collections of film fans and those who already had the necessary, and expensive, equipment required to project such a format. With the entrance of the internet in most homes during the late 90s/early 00s, Derann expanded their film sales division online, although they had already been selling to foreign markets via postal order for many years. However, the market for Super 8 was still shrinking, and the home electronics soon became their main business. Following the death of founder Derek Simmonds in 2002, his son Adrian Simmonds took over the company, and provided new resources to the film department. Continuing sales online and via postal order, the company continued to produce brand new Super 8 content until 2007,〔As stated by Adrian Simmonds in an email〕 after which they focused on clearing out old stock from storage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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