How to convert 35 film to digital?

[Kuaishou]

hi…yes film is film…it gets converted to tape using a telecine machine…but b4 that u have to process it first in a film lab…cheers…merv

[Anandabrata Ghosh]

I understand that , but after it gets converted to tape and i am assuming tapes of 35mm would differ than a 16mm, how does finally get converted to digital. And the theatres they get the tapes rgt, how are special effects added to them.

I am mean from my little knowledge effects can get only added to digiatl format and they maybe reconverted to tape, is that right?

[Michael Duff]

hi … probably best to not think of film as a tape … film is like the stuff you put in your (non-digital) camera… if you look at it you can see the picture of each frame… tape on the other hand is like your VHS … normally magnetic or similar and you can’t actually see the picture in it.

So 35mm film needs to get processed just like your still camera does … nowadays it is converted to digital after the processing (like scanning each frame in) Then all effects and such are done on computers … then if it is getting a theatrical release it will be printed back onto film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35mm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_tape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector

does that make sense?

[Kuaishou]

hi…once film is transfered into tape be it 35mm or 16mm its already in its digital state assuming that the tape is a digital betacam…well video state if u wish to call it…then the footage is imported into an effects system (your computer) and the effects are then added and then output back to digital betacam(video)…from there it gets retransfered to film if u so wish…and yes the previous post talks about scanning which is tapeless workflow which is another method too…cheers…merv

[Anandabrata Ghosh]

Thanks a lot guys. Neat posts, gives me the headway. And duffbeer wiki was a great suggestion. Will look up the rest.

Thanks Again,
Anand