Hi.
Just going to throw out thoughts here. This has been front of my mind (I've been re-watching Lawrence of Arabia, and drooling over Freddie Young's immaculate 65mm images).
Yesterday, found Kodak has a youtube channel called
. It's 9 chapters, shot as little testimonials.
There were some great points made, such as...
So, there's that.
And film doesn't require one of a dozen changing codecs to read it! You just hold it up to the light!
Have you noticed that when they bring out a new digital camera, they introduce another codec!?
I'm yet to put my own films out there, so i can't speak from having shot on anything more than 8mm way back when when I was a teenager. The upcoming shorts are more than likely going to be shot digital, only because that's what the immediate resources allow. As an independent filmmaker that's no surprise, I guess.
But i so want to shoot my stuff on film, and screen it in a theater!
You ask if equipment cost is justified. Is my wish a futile and foolish one?
I guess it comes down to How many of us are there?
For me, i can see my near future: at least (with a sufficient budget) originating on film.
--Dave Olden