grainy look

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Bsmith

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I'm in the process of planning out ideas for a music video. The band really has put a lot of work into developing their own visuals and style, so they are really involved on the creative process for this.

One thing that was mentioned was very grainy film (i.e. "Kubrick-esque" 1960's feel). I don't really have experience with film (only digital) but I'm going to jump at the chance if it presents itself with a good reason.

Would 8mm be able to capture this type of look? Or should it be 16mm? And what type of film stock would be needed? Could digital with filters cover this well enough? Also is there anything else to consider?

also does anyone know of a good forum that discusses 8mm or 16mm more indepth (so I can do farther research) since I know this is mostly a digital camera forum.

thank you

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I think 16mm will give you the grain you're looking for. Also you can accentuate the grain more if you need to. With 8mm, the grain is just really BIG. In either case I would shoot tests with your cinematographer. You could even try color reversal films too.
 
I know VERY little about film, but I would think given the right film stock you would have no problem getting some really grainy footage with 16mm.
 
16mm 500 stock can be fine grain ... try to show get sample from other projects on how much grain you are looking for ? ..
or you could shoot VNF reversal stock and maybe push it a stop ? or process it as negative
you could push the 16mm 500 stock 1-2 stops or under expose it and bring it up in telecine ...
the ASA 64 or lower super 8 stocks have fine grain ... shooting 500 in super 8 will give you the grain look .. i had some old super 8 type G ( asa 160) and it has some nice grain ...
 
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