On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:49:03 GMT, ladp1635@my-deja.com wrote:

>> I wouldn't set your expectations on fooling anyone with the process
>though.
>> Most of the processes ad scratches, film jitter, colorization and
>particles
>> that give video the film look.

>Funny...I shoot 16 and 35mm, as well as Digital, for a living.
>
>None of the film originated material I've shot over the years and to
>date has a remote hint of scratching, jitter ( poor registration ?) or
>particles ( dust?)...and colorization? Film is available in color...and
>I might add more subtle colors on the pallate than any digital moving
>image...
>
>...nor has anyone EVER asked me to video-look my film footage, even
>though most of it ends up on a video-finish format.
>
>Why might that be?
>
>I'll say this... what kind of Digital camera you use, what focal length
>and aperture you shoot at, how you compose and art direct your shots
>and how you light the scene has FAR more to do with how nice a Digital
>image looks than how you process the motion signature, color and
>shading with a computer.
>
>Digital can usually look no more like film than film can look like
>Digital, no matter what you do. I'm not an old school pro-film video-
>basher... I shoot quite alot of Digital and it feeds the family. So
>does film, still, I'm fairly unbiased and know the differences.
>
>No informed producers shoot on Digital hoping to emulate film ( George
>Lucas with an astronomical budget and Sony/Panavision support being a
>rare exception).
>
>I've shot Digital Betacam stuff that was Filmlooked and cost more than
>had we shot it on film...it's on my demo reel...and people pick it up
>INSTANTLY, even if they aren't sophisticated enough to articulate what
>that difference is ( it looks unlike "video" but more unlike film).
>It looks not remotely like the 35 or 16 surrounding it.
>
>It looks cool...but it's a totally dfiiferent look.
>
>The Cinelook stuff I've seen ranges from cheese-ball local -television-
>pizza- parlor -ads- gimmicky ( scratches and dust over a clearly cheap
>video image) to alarmingly image- degrading in a widescreen D-Beta
>projected feature ( making eyes in closeups blur and lose sparkle)...
>
>When Digital does look cinematic, a great effort and expense are taken
>to do so. ( Shameless self promotion- hire a pro DP).

THANKS...! ;-)