Ryan,
As long as you’re in on this hijacking, fine. Film is digitized on a machine called a telecine, and it can either be laid to tape or to a digital file. This is done by a colorist, people who may have a great set of eyes but make absurd amounts of money to make it look the way their clients want it.
This is done a post houses such as Complete Post in LA, if you visit their site you can see what it all about.
Have a wonderful day.