Examples of film stocks & bracketed exposures

[DonFito]

About a year ago I was getting ready to shoot a music video and some portions were going to be filmed in Super8. As a result I did a simple study of bracketed exposures using different Kodak film stocks: Ektachrome 64T, Vision2 200T and Vision2 500T.

I used internal and external locations and kept a journal where I annotated several details. The results were extremely useful when the time came to shoot the music vid. So I thought about putting together a video with samples.

There's no post processing on any of the clips aside from preparing them for Vimeo or YouTube which involved transcoding the original ProRes files into H.264 files.

Tech Details:
Camera: Beaulieu 4008 ZMII, Schneider 6-66
Lab: AlphaCine
Transfer: Cinelicious, URSA Diamond SD, ProRes
Music: Orlando Pabellón - Bolerazos

Watch in Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/15585326

Watch in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMmx-Mt6-Ao
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And here's the music vid where I incorporated Super8:

Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/6949623

YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhjR4ZcIYxk

[Nicholas Kovats]

Thanks for sharing this, Rafael.

Considering you utilized a high end digital transfer facility can you account for the jittery frame? Is this due to your Beaulieu film gate?

I have the "newer" Beaulieu 6008PRO + Schneider 6-70mm but have yet to transfer my numerous test cartridges. I am curious about the steadiness of the claw.

Though the learning curve is steep Freddy Van de Puttes' AviSynth scripts appear to be the best open source software correction of this type of jitter.

[DonFito]

I'd say some of the jitter is due to the tripod I used, after all my hand is on the trigger and I'm pressing my head quite hard into the eyepiece.