Fighting to save the last film factory

yeah, there will always BE film out there... heck, one can still find buy and use a POLAROID if they wanted to. but the cost practicality of bringing profitable entertainment to the masses wins out on the most efficient solutions. as it should, because that is how things work. you can still buy paint and brushes, artists will never suffer missing ancient tools... but maybe production of larger format FILM will fade away under digital's utility.

If a directory CAN'T make a great movie in digital, but CAN in Film?? Well, there is something very wrong there. Director = Dodo? Yeah, I know I am talking about Christopher Nolan... but he can AFFORD to buy whatever medium he wants to shoot in at this point.
ALL of his movies would be just as good if shot digitally, because the MOVIES are good, not the medium.
And if his direction technique to make good movies relies on breaks for 10 minute film spools, and pressing actors within that, along with other things related to film, then he simply needs to adjust his digital shooting to match film. No big deal.

these are just my opinions and I am no one. :)
 
Bruce Watson said:
No, there will not "always be film", at least not color negative cinematography film. See my post #4 above.
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No big loss. Evolution moves on. We can always make digital imitate the "pluses" that film brought us: incorrect colors, blur, grain... but we could never get film to do what digital does: have no grain, correct colors, small storage, instantly replicatable, transfers over the net, easier faster simply better color grading, immediately viewable.
The end game should be delivering a great story/product, not what got it there.
 
The problem is the tech required to make film. It's a massive undertaking to make good color film. Totally not worth it unless there is a huge market for it. In comparison, if I REALLY wanted to I could mix up some paint; the same kind Michael Angelo used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQWp3WnF7KY

It's a pain in the butt and I'd rather go buy some nice paint, but I could do it. No way I could make film. It's just not possible. So yes, when the demand dies that's the end of it for film.
 
For film, it is over and I myself couldn't care less about it. The new generation growing up will never know the difference nor will they care. One less toxic process to worry about. The problem with Hollywood is that the elitism of using film and its inherent costs made it tough for independent producers to compete. Now digital has changed that. Good riddance good old film, cheers to you digital cinema!
 
I understand why people want to hold on to film but I saw The Judge today and I was shocked at the amount of grain in it in some scenes, and not just in the shadows. What I would miss is not the film itself but the discipline to shoot at lower ISOs. I'm not fond of the "unlit" shoot in the dark stuff. I think movies should be lit, even if it's lower levels of light.
 
I will be supper bummed if kodak stops making Vision. I use it for stills and its such an amazing emulsion. I have a few thousand feet in my freezer but will be picking up more when I can.
 
I remember a discussion like this many years ago, about how autocorrecting typewriters we're going to put WhiteOut out of business. Now who cares about either?

It won't be long till nobody cares about film. And X number of years off, something will replace that digital camera you loved so well, and you will look back at how crappy the image was on those digital cameras.
 
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