Richard Andrew Janes

we just lit to a healthy stop of 2.8 1/2 or T4 and used really slow film stocks( Balazs seems to remember) 7293, 7274, 7248 and the 7218 which had just come out at that time. We also aimed for mid 30 ish printer lights to get a really punchy neg to help in the DI. Hope that helps... And just wanted to give a shout out to Bruce who has just joined our film blog community!!! You can read his blog here: http://www.FilmIndustryBloggers.com/thecamerarentalhouse . We are really missing blogs from the camera department so if anyone is interested in joining us let me know! Cheers Richard www.FilmIndustryBloggers.com

Whilst I could try and answer fully, I'm going to ask Balazs to jump on the board and give you the details on that one :-) www.FilmIndustryBloggers.com

It's only 35ft... However I've just heard that we might be able to use an exterior water tank for the majority of the shoot. In which case 2 perf could be brilliant. I just had a look at your website Bruce. It's great! Brilliant prices...

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I shot S16mm with 35mm Anamorphic lenses on my debut feature FAKERS which Balazs Bolygo lit for me (and did an amazing job!). I thought it looked great. The only problem was the amount of light we had to use and the wide shots. We shot inside the National Gallery for one scene where we were really really limited on light. As a result the scene still jumps out of the movie for me... We then telecined the film to D5 graded and output to 35mm. Was it worth it???? Probably not... Whilst it looks great, and many people believe it was shot on 35mm, it took so much time away from the shooting day (waiting for enough sunlight during an English winter) and added extra complications in post which, for the type of film and our budget I don't think it quite warranted it. I'm about to start prep on a movie about Errol Flynn. 60% of the film is all set on a yacht and I'm considering 16mm for the camera size on this... However, if it goes that way I'm going to stick to 1.85! - Vistas and wides would still be 35mm My 2 cents worth! :-) Richard FilmIndustryBloggers.com