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1080 to 16mm
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Sorry if I’m late, I was away for the weekend at a friend’s wedding.
First things first, yes, we can shoot your film out to 16mm. We can also do super 16.
Why do you need 16mm? Are you sure you need 16mm? Plenty of people all over the world still shoot 16mm for various reasons, but in the US, at least, there’s no longer any pipeline to distribute 16mm- all of the markets that once projected 16mm now project from DVD, tape or Blu-Ray. Where you are in SE Asia, that may not yet be the case. But all of our recent outputs to 16mm have been for art installations, not theatrical.
If you want to shoot & work at 25P, do so. We simply pull that down frame for frame to 24. It preserves all of the original quality and slows your film down by 4%. If you edit at 25, mix at 25. Audio gets pulled down to 24 when the optical soundtrack is made.
Color grading in Rec 709 color space is fine. Don’t apply broadcast safe. Film has a lot more headroom for whites than video, so it’s ok to set them above 100IRE. Watch your blacks, though. Detail in the blacks falls off quickly, so don’t crunch your blacks down too hard.
Safe areas- the same standards of 5% and 10% can be used. Be aware that the edges often get cut off in projection, much like they do in broadcast.
The Cinevator is a good lower cost alternative for one off 35mm prints. But it doesn’t make a negative, so additional prints actually cost more than they would from a DI negative.
You can email me direct if you want to talk budget or other details- arniepix at arniepix dot com
Arnie
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Hi Arnie,
Thanks for the tips. The levels is most of my concern.
The 16mm was a misunderstanding of my self. The short will be print to 35mm.
We just started to prepare the shooting so I will have many questions arising during the production.
Cheers,
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[Rafael Amador] “The 16mm was a misunderstanding of my self. The short will be print to 35mm.”
Waaaay better. I can understand 35, but 16 was puzzling!
Are they planing to print it as 1.85 aspect ratio? If so, remember that your top & bottom are slightly cutoff from 16×9. Remember to allow a little extra head room. We usually just print the 16×9 straight to the negative and let the projector gate cut it off.
If they want “scope”, we usually print shorts flat with a 2.35 matte, since shorts will be shown in groups, and festivals will not change the projector lens for 1 short. Features we would print anamorphic.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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Hi Arnie,
Thanks for those extra tips.
II’m reading everything I find in Internet. No much any way.
Cheers,
rafael
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