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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by xiphias2 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @01:58PM (#33194354)
It sounded crazy to me that Dune was shot on digital cameras, converted to analogue film and then digitalized again. It doesn't really make sense in theory, but I loved the end result in IMAX, it felt different to other movies.
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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by morley on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:05PM (#33194418)
Is it that much crazier than previously, when a movie was shot on film, scanned to a digital intermediary, then printed back onto film for distribution?

EDIT: Now that I've read up on Greig Fraser's reasoning, it makes a lot more sense for Dune! https://ymcinema.com/2021/12/03/dune-was-shot-on-alexa-lf-tr...

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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by Dylan16807 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:24PM (#33194603)
> Is it that much crazier than previously, when a movie was shot on film, scanned to a digital intermediary, then printed back onto film for distribution?

Yes. They did that because they didn't have digital equipment suitable for cameras and projectors. This is much crazier.

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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by Synaesthesia on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:52PM (#33194946)
The reason is supposedly to achieve a softness in the image. I’m sure that could have been achieved with a video filter.
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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by wmf on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:57PM (#33195004)
This is just what happens to people with unlimited budget.
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Re:Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with... by hey2022 on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:08PM (#33195139)
This happens a lot in music production/mastering as well. Digital -> tape -> digital. Tape certainly adds specific saturation.
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