eddiefruchter Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Looking for good B&W super 16mm Filmstock. Considering Plus-X 7231. Working with limited artifical light. Chamber drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted June 29, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted June 29, 2004 The slower film usually has less grain and better sharpness: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/products...0.1.4.4.8&lc=en http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1/structure.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk DeJonghe Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 When working with the 'classic' B&W films, 7231 and 7222 in 16 or S16mm the age of the technology shows. Contact prints are no problem, when doing optical blow-up to intermediate pos/neg then a great deal of sharpness is lost even on very good printer equipment. Shooting on modern color negative and then printing on sound recording stock will give you exceptional sharpness but the price is a funny grayscale. Some people may like it and some award winning films were made like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I like the B&W reversal stocks for sharpness, but midtones like in "Through A Glass Darkly" (the most beautiful closeups ever ?) are really gonna require some work. Esp if you try to do it all with natural light. Which I love too, but.... cheating tungsten into natural settings can be beautiful if done right... Using the best glass you can won't hurt you in 16mm B&W........ -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenolian Bell Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 On a short film that was going to live on video. I shot 7222 at 30 fps. Came out very sharp, a lot of details in highlights and shadows. I remember the antagonist was pulling a gun out of his black jeans. The handle of the gun was black also, but you could clearly see grip marks in the handle even against his black jeans. I shot the film with Zeiss super speeds mostly outdoors, on a cloudy NY day. Telecine on a Shadow to Digibeta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 This is a short ? Feature ? To video or to print ? Have you considered shooting in 35mm ? -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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