kelly tippett Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 (edited) Hey I'm new, I'm shooting a feature in the following year and have narrowed the film down to 16mm Black and white Kodak tri-x reversal film 7266. I was reading where it can be developed as a negative. But it will be grainier that way. My question is- if I shoot on this and decide to do it as a negative will it be too bad for blow-up? Will it still look good for dvd release? And can they transer negative to mini dv for editing? If so then I could still transfer it to mini dv for editing and make a good product for possible television/dvd release, and have a negative for blow up just in case right? Or should i just stick with reversal? Your experience and input is greatly valued. Edited October 21, 2006 by kelly tippett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted October 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted October 21, 2006 Don't bother developing it into a negative; it won't look that good and there's no advantage unless you needed a 16mm contact print. You have to blow it up anyway if going to 35mm, so you might as well leave it as a reversal image and blow that up to a 35mm dupe neg in an optical printer or use a D.I. And you can transfer the reversal original to video. There would be an advantage to shooting in b&w negative in the first place if you wanted more exposure latitude than b&w reversal, but it would also be softer and grainier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly tippett Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 Don't bother developing it into a negative; it won't look that good and there's no advantage unless you needed a 16mm contact print. You have to blow it up anyway if going to 35mm, so you might as well leave it as a reversal image and blow that up to a 35mm dupe neg in an optical printer or use a D.I. And you can transfer the reversal original to video. There would be an advantage to shooting in b&w negative in the first place if you wanted more exposure latitude than b&w reversal, but it would also be softer and grainier. Thanks, that's just what i needed to hear. If you know off hand what color reversal might match it that would help. Because there is a painting and some stains on the fingers I want to shoot in color and desaturate it so it is balck and white but the color stains. would anyone know what color reversal grain would match the tri-x 7266 black and white 16mm film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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