How Movies Are Shot On Film In The Digital Era

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I worked in film in the 90's and 00's and practically every project was shot on film. The set was super focused and quiet, set ups took ages and sometimes there were only 2 takes. At the end of the shoot, the short ends and loaded full rolls always mysteriously disappeared in the direction of camera department juniors making their own short films! I do hope film endures as it has such magical qualities that digital has however clever, just can't emulate. There's also that excitement or blind terror that occurs when waiting for the film to be processed and cleared as ok from the lab.

This video leaves out a fundamentally important part of the whole journey: Finding and choosing the right lab, and working closely with them during produciton. Cant stress how crucially important that can be.

I would like to know more about the different characteristics of 16mm vs 35mm film or any other film stock, like what unique textures do each bring, like more grain, less grain, what the grain looks like for different film stocks and does shooting on film give the footage a more natural look compared to digital, and also how the film industry changed or stayed the same throughout the 120yrs of Filmmaking and what do you think will be the future of Filmmaking.

Having worked as a 2nd and 1st AC myself for a good 20 years now, I really enjoy your videos and recommend them on a regular basis to young people just starting in the Camera Department. Thanks for your amazing work! I really miss working on film.

I shot my first film on 16mm last year.. the director had his own sr3 and it was a blast to shoot with it.. sadly there's no other crazy directors here for that want to shoot on film.. love your work as always!

As someone who's primarily only shot digital and wants to make it out there is a cinematographer, shooting on film is something that's daunting yet exciting. I'm hoping to learn to shoot some film next semester or on my internship in the Spring! Great video!

shooting on 16mm film with an anamorphic lense is to die for.

One quality of film, probably kept it popular for so long, is it's halation especially in the red layer, and it's lower softer resolution especially in the red sensitive layer again, coupled with how grain structure helps break up very low contrast high frequency detail. This has a beautifying effect on faces and for long time would give a more flattering look to actors than HD digital video. And film does still have a "out of the box" quality to it's color where it basically grades itself to give a pleasant color rendition.

Just discovered your channel yesterday!! Great content and very useful. Great work. You are a great teacher mate!! keep it on! Cheers from catalonia

so cool! have been dreaming about making a film on film and i haven’t been able to find any other video on the topic except for yours when i searched. thank you for the great video!!

Thanks for this video, it was very insightful to the way a crew works with film. Though I most likely will not be in a situation of dealing with film on set any time soon, this was still a valueable and interesting topic. Keep up the great work!

I’ve been into film photography and cinematography for a while, yet got a lots of new things from your video! Although I would have appreciated if you had also added the color timer segment

Awesome! Thanks. I love your other types of videos but this one was full of tips and information that is very hard to find easily without working on a set.

Thank you so much for the video! I've always wanted to know about the process; your video is very helpful and very easy to understand.

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I currently work in post at Fotokem. This is an absolutely wonderful introduction and overview to film workflow. Great Work.

Great video! There’s so much to learn about shooting on film, but sadly it isn’t always easy to find info about. Hope you keep making this type of videos 🙏🏽

Been waiting for this for so long! Great Video as always.

Thank you for the process breakdown. I worked on a set with an arriflex camera and always wondered how the film was converted to digital.