Fuji reversal

[David Gascon]

I'm thinking to use Fuji reversal film stock on a film. I kind of like reversal texture and I think fuji will give me proper blue and flat red. Did any of you shot with this film stock, if yes, where were the isue, what the thing to do and the thing to not do? Thank.

[David Mullen ASC]

Fuji is discontinuing their only E6 reversal stock for MP use, Fuji Velvia.

 

Was this a feature length project? For print? For telecine only?

[David Gascon]

No David, its for a short project going to telecine... Hum... so basicaly you tell me it will be hard to get... I didn't know it was discontinued.

[David Mullen ASC]

You can use Kodak 5285, which is very similar to Fuji Velvia. Subtle differences in shades and color reproduction are pretty easy to adjust in the telecine process. I assume you are shooting in 35mm?

 

The standard DaVinci or Pogle color-correctors in a telecine can shift a blue tone to whatever shade you want without changing the other colors, and it can make reds more or less saturated as well. All well beyond the range possible simply by choosing different film stocks for subtle color effects.

[Mike Williamson]

With these E6 motion picture stocks, are they identical to their still film counterparts? Does either use a remjet backing?

[David Mullen ASC]

Yes, it's the same more or less, but with MP camera perfs and keycode information. Reversal film does not use rem-jet backing.

[John Pytlak RIP]

Yes, it's the same more or less, but with MP camera perfs and keycode information.  Reversal film does not use rem-jet backing.

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Kodak 5285/7285 is optimized for motion-picture use, but is an adaptation of the E-6 still film.

[Adam Frisch FSF]

It is also horrifyingly expensive. The developing is also very much more costly, so it's not a cheap little solution, unfortunately.

 

Put this way: it is almost as expensive as shooting 65mm per foot when you include developing. And having to choose between those two formats, I know what I'd go with... :D