Pushing camera ISO to 3200: filmic look

[PIMP]

So I have heard from a number of cinematographers that push the cameras ISO to 3200 asa to get a more textured look. My question is do you stop down on the lens afterwards on put on a ND? The dp who mentioned this used an arri mini and his cinematography looked very film like. My F35 is native 450 iso so I am unable to try this with that camera.

Thanks

 

[Chris Santucci]

You still want an open iris, so yes, using ND is pretty standard practice. Some cameras have very nice looking noise, some don't. You can also add grain in post at which point you'd have options as to how much you have. I would not recommend using high ISO to deliberately gain noise unless enough testing was done to ensure you had the look you wanted under most conditions, and even then I wouldn't recommend it, hahaha.