Rough Cuts

These are just the un-edited rough cuts of a narrative that I put together to some music.
I actually prefer this version to our final cut.
Random makes more sense...

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Film & Animation

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• kate
• cotruvo
• 16
• mm
• bolex
• reflex
• color
• reversal
• kodak
• san
• francisco
• state
• university
• linnea
• hussein
• stephan
• pfaff
• film
• cinema

[Majikate]

Well good luck! It's a great experience and being as we live in a digital age, it's an amazing thing to still be using good old 16 mil. I have a non-reflex Bolex sitting in my house and I just don't have the heart to sell it.

It is an expensive business, but the results are worth it.

Have fun in film school!

[cruzzycruzz]

the footage looked great but, and it could've just been because of youtube, at times the footage seemed really dark.

did you use one lens for all of these shots? if so, what were the specs of the lens?

[Majikate]

Hey yeah the footage is actually that dark (though obviously clearer when not on youtube, respectively). What happened I concluded, was that I used reversal (which I never used before) as well as florescent lighting (which I didn't really think about when shooting) and the result was this oddly contrasted dark film.

My partner color corrected a different version with different editing,but I stick with my raw stuff.

Oh and the lenses we used were 75, 16 and 25 if I can remember correctly.

:)

[cruzzycruzz]

what kind of film stock did you use?

[Majikate]

as i recall it was Ektachrome 100D...pretty sure that's the investment I made. Obviously it was pretty fast, but I think I had to choose between 100 or 64, so...

[cruzzycruzz]

I'm attending film school next fall and they provide you with film and have a processing lab on campus and it's just a fee of $25 per roll of film. I really need to find out the film stock they use. Does it matter a whole lot what is used? I've seen some 16mm footage that was filmed with a Bolex that was just AWFUL, and then I come across some stuff that looks just incredible!

[Majikate]

Oolala yes, it matters what stock you use - Negative stocks are easier to use and more people use them whilst Reversal is crazy rich with color and density it's just a bit more expensive. Kodak has an education section of their website and if you are involved in something like, say, a film school then you can sign up with them and get discounted film. Bolexes are amazing though, you just have to love them in order for them to work right :)

[ababywalrusclub]

@Majikate did you use available natural light for the indoor shots, or did you use lights? what is a problem cos you were shooting 100D?

[cruzzycruzz]

I've been reading and watching a lot of stuff about Bolex Reflex cameras and I can't wait to start using one. I know we'll be using b&w film at film school but we can get it processed in color, I just hope it's not too expensive :\