RED vs FILM in a low contrast scene

[Antoine Fabi]

We like film, we like RED.

Jim

I like your open mind

Antoine

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

RED footage can be graded to seamlessly intercut with film, and visa versa. That has been proven time and again. We like film, we like RED.

Jim

RED footage can be graded that can look as a film of course. Every RED User is able to do it.

Mostly in my productions I use GenArts Saphire plug-in for FCP 7 that now also works flawlessly in Motion 3.

Some of the parameters included:

- Scale Color Correction: 0.63 %

- Neg. Film: Neg. Kodak _ 5245

- print Film: Print. Kodak _ 2383

- Grain Amp: 1.00

Download here a short 2K wide screen example (2048x853, 0.48 sec)>>>

All shot hand-held on RED1 with Leica Summicron-R 50mm f/1.4.

 

[Craig Ryan]

A = Film
B = RED

You can see there's less contrast in A on the white walls and on the pipe on the wall and the yellow light in the next room, which leads me to believe it's the medium with more DR; but the B image has more punch to it naturally; you could argue that after grading A for more punch, you'd end up very close to B in the end. Both have different allures, although subtle. Definitely had to look at it for a while to tell, which is the point right?

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

A = Film
B = RED

You can see there's less contrast in A on the white walls and on the pipe on the wall and the yellow light in the next room, which leads me to believe it's the medium with more DR; but the B image has more punch to it naturally; you could argue that after grading A for more punch, you'd end up very close to B in the end. Both have different allures, although subtle. Definitely had to look at it for a while to tell, which is the point right?

Craig, I think what Macgregor said is the right answer...

B is film.
A is red.

Right?