Francesco Chiari

Thanks a lot everyone.

Thank you, that's very helpful. What about Fujifilm stock? Are there any guides I can have a look to? Thanks.

Hello, I actually don't know if my question will make any sense, but I'll ask anyway. My school has a whole bunch of film rolls (mostly short ends) stored in a fridge and I was wondering how can I read all the info about the stock that are printed on the sticker? I mean, I know how to read film speed, type and emulsion, but how do I find out about the type of perforation, pitch and 'wind'? thank you, Francesco.

Thanks a lot for the replies, I do have a few more questions if you don't mind. Is it better to spot meter the light ray or get an incident reading (without the haze)? Also, if the beam is large enough, would it be possible to have visible particles floating? Like using dust or sprayed water? Thanks a lot again, it was really helpful.

I forgot to tell you that I'm going to shoot in a studio.

Hello everyone, I need a suggestion for a student short film. Is it possible to achieve visible light rays using an Arri Blondie 2kW, casting light through cracks in a wall and hitting smoke and dust floating in the air? The fim will be shot in S16mm, and my school doesn't have any HMI par lights available, so I figured out a strong light source would do the job. Also the budget is basically zero for the camera department, as the school provides everything (stock and lab expenses included). Any suggestion? Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot, I'll keep working on it.

Hello, this is my first topic on this forum and I hope I can get good advices from expert cinematographers. I am currently studying in a film school, I started only a month ago, and I have been selected as Director of Photography for a short film that will be shot on an Arri 16SRII Super 16mm. This is my first time as cinematographer on film, I've been shooting in digital for about three years, and I am trying to achieve a specific look on the camera. Basically the color palette of the film will be cold (almost glacial) and contrasty in terms of lighting. The film Let the right one in (original Swedish version) is a good example. My idea is to use tungsten type film stock (like Kodak Vision3 200T/7213) in all the exterior scenes, with a filter to half-correct the colors, like an 81EF filter, and a recurrent use of poly reflectors to give a white outline to the characters. Is it a good idea? Should I try to do that only in color grading? Is there another/better way to do it? I'm going to do light tests in a week or so, but I figured out that since it's the first time I should gather some advices. We have a very limited budget available and obviously most of it will be spent for film stock and processing, so I cannot rent too much equipment. But I am very interested in cinematography and keen to experiment. Thanks a lot and sorry for any unwanted grammar mistakes and typos, I'm not a native English speaker.