Guest NBC Shooter Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 (edited) . . . To answer the original poster's question, the general rule of thumb for Super-16 film stock - including buying the raw stock, getting it developed and a basic transfer to video for editing - is aound $.50 - $.60 per foot, or about $20 per minute. So a 100 minute feature film shot on a 5:1 ratio (4:1 is too low, and even 5:1 is seriously pushing it. 7:1 is better) would mean 500 minutes at $20 per, or $10,000. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey, Mitch! Thanks for that concise all-in-one Super16 budgeting rule-of-thumb. I've been considering shooting a 24P feature project (self-produced/self-financed/self-DP'ed, etc.) with like an SDX900 or something, but the more I think about it (and I've been thinking and thinking and thinking), I think I'm going to go Super16 instead. I'll XFR to DV and post on home PC (don't really plan on ever making a print, but if someone ever DOES want to PAY for one, I'll be all set). By the way, I shoot for an entertainment show, and we visit just about every stage in Hollywood. Whenever we're on a sitcom multi-camera film set like "Will & Grace" or something, lemme tell ya, it seems like they're CONSTANTLY stopping to change their 1000' mags like every other minute! Plus a lot of times the director keeps rolling rather than stop the momentum from a line that went bad or a reset and re-slate. Those guys shoot a HECK of a lot of film! Edited November 4, 2004 by NBC Shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb40 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I was a little off. And I was also using 3-perf instead of 4 in the figure. I guess it only comes to 7 1/2 hours... Thats still I alot of film.When answers dont seem right to me, I feel I should double check and make sure they are right. But it seems it seems im wronge here. although I never said "No productions shoot 30,000 feet a day" I said "I find that hard to imagine", I never said it was not true. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Film Emporium is a nice place to do business with and they're right here in New York. Landon, why are you boasting about that government's re-election? Think about this: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrszach Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 i know you can pay over $600 for 1000' of 35mm film :blink: and 400' of 16mm can cost almost $200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Pacini Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Ben Franklin is one of my heros. If you read his biography, you'll se that his statement about "a little temporary safety" also to social "safety". Amazing guy. Him and Tesla were probably two of the most brilliant guys in the last 200 years. Matt Pacini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb40 Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Ben Franklin is one of my heros.If you read his biography, you'll se that his statement about "a little temporary safety" also to social "safety". Amazing guy. Him and Tesla were probably two of the most brilliant guys in the last 200 years. Matt Pacini <{POST_SNAPBACK}> no doubt; along with sartre, camus, stravisnky, einstein, etc... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted November 5, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted November 5, 2004 Whenever we're on a sitcom multi-camera film set like "Will & Grace" or something, lemme tell ya, it seems like they're CONSTANTLY stopping to change their 1000' mags like every other minute! Plus a lot of times the director keeps rolling rather than stop the momentum from a line that went bad or a reset and re-slate. Those guys shoot a HECK of a lot of film! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I haven't worked on "Will and Grace", so there's certainly a possibility that I'm wrong, but most sitcoms use 2000' mags. As far as I know sitcoms are the only types of shows to use those mags. Just a bit of info. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NBC Shooter Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) Well, I haven't worked on "Will and Grace", so there's certainly a possibility that I'm wrong, but most sitcoms use 2000' mags. As far as I know sitcoms are the only types of shows to use those mags. Just a bit of info. Please correct me if I'm wrong. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I think you're right, my bad . . . I think they are all 2000' mags. Edited November 5, 2004 by NBC Shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted November 5, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted November 5, 2004 Yeah, I think you're right, my bad . . . I think they are all 2000' mags. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Also, 35mm 3-perf pulldown is often used for television production, so the running times are longer. (Almost 30 minutes for a 2000-foot roll). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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