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Hello! Long time lurker, first time posting. I'm in the middle of prepping for a commercial shoot on 16mm, and I haven't shot film in over 10 years, so I'd like to brush up a bit on technique. Normally I have been shooting Alexa 35 or Mini LF rated at 200 or 400 ISO since I really don't like noise, and have been enjoying using it that way, as long as I don't clip highlights I find it works wonders. In that sense I think I feel comfortable shooting in the film speeds, but what I'm trying to decide on is how to expose which stock. If I'd like to shoot clean 16mm should I choose 200t and over expose by one stop and process normally, or pull one stop? Same thing for 500t, does an overexposed by +1 and normally processed 200t look cleaner than 500t pulled by 1? What about 250d? I read on the ASC article for "First Man" and saw that the majority of it was 500t, normally processed and rated at 250, and found it a bit dirty in the grain. Would pulling it help? Also, I probably won't have access to test rolls, so in general, if rating for box speed, what's the DR on Vision 3? in general, how many under/over if reading on a spot meter? Thank you all for your time and help

Hello I am about to shoot my year end final dialogue exercise in a month's time from now, the film has to be shot in studio space on 35mm film and sound synced. The film explores the internal conflicts of a family living in an lower middle class weared out house. It's raining or overcast in most part of the film and hence it is softly lit throughout but at the same time, I am trying to go for a higher contrast(not exactly very high) with lighting. Now, I am looking to create contrast within the space with respect to exterior and interior by the means of lighting (avoiding a lot of fill), a soft key coming from window bounced off a white board might work. As far as film stock is concerned I am thinking of testing two stocks, Kodak 5219 Vision 3 500T and Fuji Eterna 8583 400T, both to be pulled by a stop in combination with a low strength ultracontrast filter. This makes the colour desaturated and also makes the overall contrast low and blacks softer, but at the same time the contrast with respect to lighting would be higher (conventionally Key - Fill ratio will be higher). Sugesstions would be appreciated. Shashank Walia Cinematography,2011 FTII.