Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 21, 2022 Site Sponsor Posted January 21, 2022 So a show is being originated on some Kodak Ektachrome 100D 35mm.... sure looks great. 3 1
Karim D. Ghantous Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 Wow. I didn't know that a TV show could be so bold. Usually they'd play it safe with 500T negative or digital. I just went and looked at the trailer for season 2. It's not a show for me but damn it's beautifully shot. E100D seems to be bit grainier than VISION3 but hey whatever. It might have been pushed? 1 1
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 21, 2022 Author Site Sponsor Posted January 21, 2022 Maybe pushed +1 and maybe stretched a bit in post ? Definitely looks like nothing else and kind of makes everything else look like boring vanilla. 2
Karim D. Ghantous Posted January 21, 2022 Posted January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Robert Houllahan said: Definitely looks like nothing else and kind of makes everything else look like boring vanilla. Vanilla isn't boring. It's absolutely delicious. But, yeah, a lot of DPs today are thinking either, "Damn, I wanted to do this but I wasn't allowed," or "I'm going to do this next time." Even armchair DPs like me were thinking why this hasn't been done much. I have no interest in the objections or limitations - I know them already. 1 1
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 26, 2022 Author Site Sponsor Posted January 26, 2022 It appears FotoKem did a X-Process in ECN2 for this.
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 26, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Robert Houllahan said: It appears FotoKem did a X-Process in ECN2 for this. OOOOOOOOO hahah, so they didn't even get a positive out of it.
Jack Jin Posted January 26, 2022 Posted January 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said: OOOOOOOOO hahah, so they didn't even get a positive out of it. They serious made kodak construct an entire new assembly line just to cross process the ektachromes? The trailer looks good but honestly feels like it's entirely achievable with digital with a print film lut tbh.
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 26, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jack Jin said: They serious made kodak construct an entire new assembly line just to cross process the ektachromes? The trailer looks good but honestly feels like it's entirely achievable with digital with a print film lut tbh. Na, film cutting and perforating have nothing to do with the stock itself. They just pushed Ektachrome through the same standard cutting and perforating process they use for all 35mm negative. The lab simply used one of their negative processes to cross process, super straight forward. Edited January 26, 2022 by Tyler Purcell 2
Jon O'Brien Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 If they shoot a season of it on Super 16 it would look more obviously shot on film (presumably that's the look they're going for). 35mm can look so close to digital.
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 56 minutes ago, Jon O'Brien said: If they shoot a season of it on Super 16 it would look more obviously shot on film (presumably that's the look they're going for). 35mm can look so close to digital. Yea I don't understand why they feel 16mm isn't enough quality for them.
Albion Hockney Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) On 1/25/2022 at 7:27 PM, Tyler Purcell said: OOOOOOOOO hahah, so they didn't even get a positive out of it. what is the difference in the resulting image compared to traditional processing as reversal? The show looks great regardless of how much that has to do with the ektachrome Edited January 27, 2022 by Albion Hockney
Jack Jin Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Tyler Purcell said: Yea I don't understand why they feel 16mm isn't enough quality for them. Especially with how fine grained ektachrome is, honestly on hbo with it's compressed bandwith it looks just like any other 2k finished alexa project, since 35mm ektachrome don't even have that much halation, feels like a bit of a waste imo, to not even get a proper positive out of it. Love the ektachrome positive look, don't know why they cross processed it.
Phillip Mosness Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 Somebody at a lab told me that Ektachrome shifts toward purple when cross processed. Has anyone had any experience with this? 1
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Albion Hockney said: what is the difference in the resulting image compared to traditional processing as reversal? The show looks great regardless of how much that has to do with the ektachrome Probably greater dynamic range. The stock as processed normal, is pretty limited in its dynamic range.
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Jack Jin said: Especially with how fine grained ektachrome is, honestly on hbo with it's compressed bandwith it looks just like any other 2k finished alexa project, since 35mm ektachrome don't even have that much halation, feels like a bit of a waste imo, to not even get a proper positive out of it. Love the ektachrome positive look, don't know why they cross processed it. I've shot quite a bit of the new Ektachrome, I don't really care for it. You'd think that 100 ISO that it wouldn't be grainy, but it's HORRIBLY grainy, looks like 500T in the grain department. I shot my entire vacation film on super 8 with the stuff and a bunch of 16 before I left on our trip. I've not been impressed with it compared to negative. It does have an interesting look when projected, but when scanned, it doesn't do much for me. It's "meh", I'd rather shoot 50D or 200T.
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 It is possible that the ochre and blue colour palette somehow makes it look less "film" too since you see this choice in many digital projects.
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 27, 2022 Author Site Sponsor Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Tyler Purcell said: I've shot quite a bit of the new Ektachrome, I don't really care for it. You'd think that 100 ISO that it wouldn't be grainy, but it's HORRIBLY grainy, looks like 500T in the grain department. I shot my entire vacation film on super 8 with the stuff and a bunch of 16 before I left on our trip. I've not been impressed with it compared to negative. It does have an interesting look when projected, but when scanned, it doesn't do much for me. It's "meh", I'd rather shoot 50D or 200T. Maybe it was badly processed? I don't find it to be particularly grainy... We did this in 2020 and just ran another job recently for NFL and I thought the 16mm Ekta (run as color reversal by us) looked pretty nice and not grainy: https://www.nfl.com/videos/who-are-we-nate-burleson-narrates-the-stories-behind-the-2020-season The very first shots are Ekta and it was a mix of Ekta 100D Tri-X and 7219 plus Alexa. Also here is some E100D and Tri-X S8mm I shot a few years ago: Edited January 27, 2022 by Robert Houllahan 2
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 Looks great! 1 1
Lance Lucero Posted January 27, 2022 Posted January 27, 2022 I like the look. But the subject matter is not for me... So happy to see film being used!
Premium Member Dennis Toeppen Posted January 27, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) Here's some 35mm 7285 (Old Ektachrome) processed as reversal: Shot in an Arri 235, which is pin-registered. There were some pretty significant registration issues, and they got worse and worse as the supply side closed in on the core. I sort of imagine the stock was just misbhaving because it had been stored frozen for more than 10 years. I should have used fresh (1/2013) stock. Edited January 27, 2022 by Dennis Toeppen embed the clip
John Rizzo Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 I posted this Jan 17th in on screen reviews https://www.popphoto.com/news/hbo-euphoria-shot-on-kodak-ektachrome/
Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted January 28, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Robert Houllahan said: Maybe it was badly processed? I don't find it to be particularly grainy... We did this in 2020 and just ran another job recently for NFL and I thought the 16mm Ekta (run as color reversal by us) looked pretty nice and not grainy: https://www.nfl.com/videos/who-are-we-nate-burleson-narrates-the-stories-behind-the-2020-season The very first shots are Ekta and it was a mix of Ekta 100D Tri-X and 7219 plus Alexa. Also here is some E100D and Tri-X S8mm I shot a few years ago: The spot looks absolutely fantastic! Love the nights in the stadium and the exterior days. Who colour graded it if you don't mind me asking? ?
Manu Delpech Posted January 28, 2022 Posted January 28, 2022 The show looks better than it ever has. Switching from Alexa 65 to 35mm was the best decision they could ever have made. Such an upgrade. 1 1
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted January 28, 2022 Premium Member Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, Robert Houllahan said: Maybe it was badly processed? I don't find it to be particularly grainy... Maybe? I'll post my 16mm sample in a bit. IDK why I haven't uploaded it yet. The super 8 stuff I shot wasn't horrible, we had a camera malfunction, so hopefully now that it's fixed, I'll be able to shoot super 8 ok. Edited January 28, 2022 by Tyler Purcell 1
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted January 28, 2022 Author Site Sponsor Posted January 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Miguel Angel said: The spot looks absolutely fantastic! Love the nights in the stadium and the exterior days. Who colour graded it if you don't mind me asking? ? I think they graded it at NFL Films in New Jersey we did the processing and scans for them. 1
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