Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is a short article in the current American Cinematographer magazine. My copy is at work, but what I remember is that the film was shot on color stock for two reasons. First there was supposed to be a color sequence at the end so they thought they would have to release the film on color stock. Second the fastest available B&W cine neg stock is Double-X. The 5218 apparently has the same or finer grain and is more than a stop faster. They needed the extra speed for the way they wanted to light it. The color ending sequence was eventually dropped. This allowed them to release on B&W print stock. Its much easier to get a neutral B&W image on B&W print stock. Kodak apparently doesn't keep much of this on hand and had to make quite a bit in a hurry. This could explain the staggered release. Mike D feli wrote: > 5218 is fairly grainy, being a 500asa stock. Also kep in mind that a > standard Academy motion > picture frame is about half the size of a 135 format frame (unless you are > shooting Vista Vision > or something. 1:85 Academy is tiny... > > > feli > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> > > > Well, drat, I stand corrected - so is the film grain done in post or > is it the nature of the color stock they used? However they did it, > it's VERY effective although, I suppose, it could easily have been > done in the transfer to the B&W print. > > I'm disappointed but hey, at least they made a B&W film that's very > very good and maybe we'll get more. > > ab > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net > www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >