The Wrestler

[Mei Lewis]

Does anyone have the .pdf that was linked please? The link on the kodak site is dead.

[Samuel Berger]

yes great film, great mood.

as far as i could read from Kodak and hear from interviews.

the DP used 7219 V3500T rated -3 stops (2000 asa?) for the nights

 

But why?

 

I haven't watched the film but why would you underexpose a dark scene?

[Samuel Berger]

Ooops looks like I misunderstood. Oh wait...

 

No, I'm lost. What??

 

What did they do and why?

Edited December 14, 2017 by Samuel Berger

[David Mullen ASC]

If you underexpose Super-16 500T stock by three stops and push-process it back to normal density (a 3-stop push), then you are deliberately creating a contrasty, grainy look.

 

3-stops underexposure on its own doesn't mean you will get a grainy image if you intend on leaving the image looking 3-stops dark. In other words, let's say you rate the 500T stock at 500 ASA and shoot a grey scale, boringly front-lit, and expose it normally and tell the colorist to transfer the image for the grey scale -- and then you shoot a scene meant to be late twilight or a dim, moonlit room and you expose the subject 3-stops under.

 

It will look very dark in the transfer but technically it isn't "underexposed" so much as exposed for the dim level you intend. The grain level will be whatever is the average grain level for 500T stock -- unless you try to brighten the image up to normal.

[Samuel Berger]

Thanks for explaining, David, I guess it will help if I watch the movie to see what the end result was.