ABSTRACT
An easy to follow, quick reference introductory guide for beginning professionals and students in filmmaking and postproduction. It explains all film laboratory procedures in the context of the wide range of technology that is used by filmmakers, explaining what happens and why at every stage. A technical understanding of film processing and printing, telecine and laboratory and digital processes will help you get the best results for your film. The book is particularly useful for those who have come to film making from other media - video or digital.
The book is based on the author's own experience as a lab technician and technical film consultant and provides answers to many frequently asked questions. The different pathways for film production and postproduction are demonstrated as well as the function of the lab at each stage of the process. The complete range of services is offered, with particular emphasis on the often confusing requirements for super 16 and the blow up to 35mm, the intricacies of negative cutting to match a non-linear edit and the process of grading and regrading for the answer print.
This new edition includes:
* An update on all digital formats of image and sound
* Revision sections on Super 16, Super 35
* Additional information on syncing rushes at telecine and to digital images
* The latest telecine machines
* A new, clear and simple glossary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |10 pages
Film Technology in Context
part |14 pages
Post Production Pathways
part |8 pages
Film Stock
chapter |2 pages
35 mm Film
chapter |2 pages
Types of Colour Film Stock
part |32 pages
Film Processing
part |22 pages
Film Printing
chapter |2 pages
The film printing machine
chapter |2 pages
LAD Exposure and Grading Line-up
chapter |2 pages
Work Prints: Negative Reports
part |14 pages
Negative Matching
chapter |2 pages
Keykodes
chapter |2 pages
Cutting to an EDL
chapter |2 pages
Extracting Select Negative
part |32 pages
Laboratory Processes
chapter |2 pages
Duplication
chapter |2 pages
Super 16: Special Considerations
chapter |2 pages
Mixing Black and White and Colour Footage
part |12 pages
Sound Transfer, Edit, Mix, Sync
chapter |2 pages
The Final Mix
chapter |2 pages
Syncing Picture and Sound Negatives
part |12 pages
Grading, Answer Print, Release Prints
chapter |2 pages
The Answer Print
chapter |2 pages
Film Storage and Preservation
part |32 pages
Telecine Transfers
chapter |2 pages
Telecine Machines (1)
chapter |2 pages
Telecine Machines (2)
chapter |2 pages
Which Format: Tape or Disk?
chapter |2 pages
Video Transfers: Hybrid Frames
chapter |2 pages
Matching Film and Video Frame Counts
chapter |2 pages
Logging Keykodes and Timecodes (1)
chapter |2 pages
Logging Keykodes and Timecodes (2)
chapter |2 pages
Grading on Telecine: Rushes Transfers
chapter |2 pages
Grading on Telecine: Masters
part |16 pages
Digital Processes