Gavin Peach

Thanks for your help Yeah Smith did use compesatory fill and bumped up practicals (christmas lights) etc. The push process was used more to achieve a specific look than to facilitate low light levels. In order to make the lights appear much brighter and to flare out. He also used a Tiffen Low contrast filter on night time interiors. Im thinking of maybe using a pro mist to make the highlights flare out as another alternative. If anyone has any other suggestions they would be much appreciated Thank you

Hi I am preparing a shoot where I want to create a colourful and dream like aura around my images. After reading an article on 'Eyes Wide Shut' in 'American Cinematographer' (Oct. 1999). I was interested in Larry Smith's description of how he push processed Kodak 500T 35mm stock to make the highlights blow out and help create a dream like image. I am interested in this above practice as I love the look of the picture and would be interested if anyone has any suggestions on using this technique on Super 16mm with 7218 and 7279 stock. I'm particulary interested in how much grain you would get using this process on this stock and in any colour bias's this may cause. +How much extra would push processing cost? and are there any alternative methods to achieving a similar effect? Thanks Gavin