Alejandro Wilkins

Thanks. I feel pretty confident about being able to get the separation I want from the S16. Your comment brought up another question however. My gaffer mentioned that there is a depth of field change that occurs from the blow-up to 35. Is this true and if so, what kind of changes should I expect. Alejandro

I will be shooting a Day Ext. scene that will have Rain Fx. I need to figure out a way to make sure that the rain shows up on film. We will be using small rain towers and will can shade the area in the shot from the sun if needed. The background of the shot is the entrance of a building, so I don't have to worry about seeing far off into the distance. I know that in order to see rain on film I'd need to back light it, however, I am not sure how to go about this when shooting a Daytime Ext. My light package includes various Fresnels, none larger than a 2k, 1 Kino Diva 400, Plus 2 silver reflectors. Is there any combination of equipment and its setup that would get me the results I want? Any suggestions about other equipment I should look into renting? Thanks, Alejandro

Thanks for the help. I have decided to overexpose by 2/3 stop to make sure that the grain structure is "tighter". I will also lower the amount of over exposure I intended for my highlights so they do not totally blow out. Alejandro

I am going to be shooting on S16 for 35 blow-up in May and have decided to use the 7217 stock. This is the first time I will be shooting in this format and am curious about the blow-up effects. Specifically, how does the blow-up effect your latitude? I am already planning on overexposing the entire film by 1 stop and on top of that I plan on having an overexposed rim by 1 1/2 to 2 stops for day int/exts. For an idea of the look I am trying to get think of 21 Grams, though without the special processing. Is this too much over exposure? My tests on regular 16 gave me bright highlights that read 3 stops over but were not fully blown. However, what I am unable to test is how the actual 35 blow-up will handle this overexposure. I am also interested in everyones experiences in under exposure in 35 blow-up. Is it better to work with a lower contrast ratio? Lastly, I will be shooting the opening and closing sequences of the film using 5245 (35) to contrast with the granier S16 blow-up of the rest of the film. However, a fellow DP mentioned that the new Vision2 stocks blown-up may not have too much of a noticeable difference when positioned between the 35mm sequences, especially if the film is transferred to video. Do you agree? Thanks for your help, Alejandro :unsure: