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Keanu Reeves on film vs digital
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Better Neo would start saving film from Smiths.
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all i can say is "whoa"
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[Pithy phrase]
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all i can say is "whoa"
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I came to say this.
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He's feeling nostalgia. And, the pressure from the finance guys about burning film.
I DO agree, however, with printing. Even a disorganized shoebox full of 4x6s is a surprising pleasure to browse. Even if negatives are lost or destroyed, the image remains physically, in print. Honestly, I don't think I have my wedding negatives from 23 years ago, but we have some framed prints and a book of 4x6s which we cherish as fine art.
I think the highest form of our "art" (still photography) is the printed image. It's unfinished until that point...and it doesn't matter how the image was made.
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Well ... 'Canoe's' stature in the movie industry is similar to peanut butter's importance to the culinary arts IMO!
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I agree 100%. It's sad seeing digital replacing film for movies. When you see a movie like Barry Lyndon, which had large portions filmed w/ just candles and natural light, you see how beautiful and wondrous film stock is in the hands of an artist. Sucky colors, blown highlights, no shadow detail, lack of tonal quality...I refuse to watch digital movies. Just can't tolerate the "new technology" I guess. Well, we all have our standards.
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Film doesn't "bloom" like digital does in the highlights, which I think gives it a much more organic look...one that I like.
BUT...I see older movies which were scanned for bluray...and they look terrible. HD digital movies have an incredible sharpness to them, which is a feast for my eyes on a home-theater screen.
My favorite to view is new-technology movies, filmed on film stock, and then ARRI-laser-scanned. They are sharp, and you get to enjoy the grain too.
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I think It's nicely put by mr Reeves. Especially the mass thing.
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More longing and yearning for the days of old...
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Mmmm ... peanut butter, with a nice orvieto ... just to stop it sticking to the roof of ones' mouth you understand
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That's a bit more profound than what I expected when I read the title of this thread 
He uses the word 'photochemical' not 'analog' or 'film' ... I just though that's interesting.
"Whoa" indeed... |
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More longing and yearning for the days of old...
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Or a reminder that the latest and greatest is not necessarily those for everything. |
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'Course, the diff is, we're shooting still instead of motion pics, so some of what he says is not applicable...
Well, I shoot both film and digital,and each has its good points. I do like digital for low light work--it seems to do a much better job of picking up shadow detail than film ever did. Also, at an average cost of $15 for each roll of film shot (Purchase of film and processing price), digital doesn't do that kind of damage to my back account --after you get over the initial costs.
Plus, there's the advantage of not having to haul along a load of filters. And I love that fact you can change ISOs on you camera to reflect whatever shooting situation you're in, rather than having to change out film in your camera, or carry multiple camera holding different ISO film.
But I admit there's still something special about shooting film--probably 'cause that's how I started out. Shooting film always has a more tactile feel to me, for lack of a better word. Also, 36 frames on a roll slows you down a bit when shooting, and makes you think a bit more carefully before you hit the button. Actually. that can make shooting a bit more relaxing. Digital makes it way too easy to shoot and the whole thing can sometimes feel more like a race than a pleasant excursion. And then, instead of being able to quickly pick out 5 or 6 good ones off a sheet of 36, you may have to wade through 200 or 300 images, which can lead to burnout...
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Or a reminder that the latest and greatest is not necessarily those for everything.
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Of course, but you have to weigh the pros and cons... |
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i think keanu did a fine job. this thoughtful item is not what i expected from his movie persona. he clearly is much brighter than i previously thought.
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Quote:
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I think the highest form of our "art" (still photography) is the printed image. It's unfinished until that point...and it doesn't matter how the image was made.
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So right you are.
Usage of film in making movies, romantic or not, will lose in one major department: digital is cheaper. And that's all what for Hollywood movies makers counts most. We will see more and more digitally sharp movies with fuzzy of flat ideas directed at unsophisticated mass market. The only interesting thing about them is how far creators imagination can go with all this computer generated special effects. As for now each next movie is more graphic and more impossible than the previous one. |
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I think I feel the same thing when I'm using a film camera vs. a digital one. Its not a feeling I've let deter me from moving on to digital, but I do strongly miss that sensory thing of loading the film, feeling the smooth tension in the film winder, and the anticipation of using up one of the 36 valuable exposures. And the image quality questions...
BUT... BIG BUT: Digital is getting better and better with each new techno-marvelous camera that comes out. Yes, there will be the inevitable wacky bells and whistles used to attract the masses. But the ever-improving image quality and operating capability across a huge range of conditions is a good thing, IMO, of course.
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"I often feel a photochemical image contains the mass of the subject and dimension"
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That was an intelligent and beautiful statement.
For some reason it is easy to make fun of Keanu (iconic roles? sometimes wooden acting?) but I think he has a lot of talent and is under-appreciated.
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More longing and yearning for the days of old...
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I still have a place in my heart for Gbs of cheap, fast and unimportant digital images.
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Quote:
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Well ... 'Canoe's' stature in the movie industry is similar to peanut butter's importance to the culinary arts IMO!
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Now you've mad him sad as he eats his PB sandwich...
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