Do you care about a movie being shot on film or digital?
67 sats \ 6 comments \ @zuspotirko 6 Dec 2023 movies
My personal thoughts on this are that shooting on 35mm film cameras is by a huuuge margin the cheapest anyone can shoot photos in high fullframe quality. Or use amazing lenses that aren't available on smartphones. Like e.g. 300mm zoom lens, macro lenses and especially beautiful portrait lenses.
But for movies there isn't this bang/buck calculation. And analog shot movies are to my knowledge more medium format with a very specific look. Medium format has the combination of long focal lengths and big field of view that isn't really replicable with digital fullframe cameras
Lastly, I like the grain of analog movies. I can't help it.
Recently watched: The Shining (1980, analog), IT (1990, analog), Geralds Game (digital), In the Tall Grass (digital). All based on Stephen King novels and IMO good comparisons for digital vs analog.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 9 Dec 2023
I always prefer the analog. Whether it be music or film. The digital feels fake like rounding off detail and filling in blanks. There is a loss of open space.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @486DX2 7 Dec 2023
Did you go full analog and watch them on VHS to a CRT screen?
I know what you mean, there's a vibe there that you notice when it's taken away. But for full CGI stuff like Disney kids films, I love that being 100% clean digital.
Love Stephen King too, what a legend.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 8 Dec 2023
Did you go full analog and watch them on VHS to a CRT screen?
I can see that having its own charm but what I meant was filmed analog but watched in new 4k scan of the film. The VHS would limit it to 576p. It's a form of digitization.
The 4k scan is of course digitized as well. But when you'll see the individual grain on the film.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @486DX2 7 Dec 2023
In fact, thinking more about it, maybe you're onto something. There's a few people using these old cameras eg:
And when I watch that, I suddenly feel 'ok' again. Like you get back to how things used to be.
I think I might invent some glasses that give the whole world the vintage analogue look and give them out to the western world; we'd all be a lot happier :-D
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 6 Dec 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @krispy_donkey 8 Dec 2023 freebie
Being born in the 20th century I have a love for film, but being a technologist I try to keep my mind open. I heard that the most recent Gareth Edwards movie was shot almost entirely on some $1000 Sony consumer grade camera and that sort of blew my mind. I also like the grain of analog, and the old hiss of audio cassette tapes too.