Great Effect for film users

[1080i]

I just discovered a great effect. I found out I didn't invent it, but I didn't know it at the time.

For all of you that use film, listen to this:

For a really cool graining effect, take each frame of a shot and photocopy it with a colour Xerox and a white peice of paper behind it. Then, film those photocopies, transfer the film to video, and composite the photocopied shot onto the regular shot, and there you have a really great effect, a la INXS Music Videos.

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[Picture House Films]

Eh, right, FILM GRAINING? Why not just shoot on Fuji single 8mm. It's the same format as Super 8mm only it's a polyestar base in a diferrent cartridge. Fuji RT25N and RT200N are the stocks used for those grainy Pepsi adds and pop videos. saves a lotta hassle on photocopiers, not to mention cost. Speak to the Widescreen Centre in London or Nottingham. Fuji, you'll find has a heavy grain structure that gives an interesting look and a harsh gritty feel if you film in daylight on the RT200N without uv filter.

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[1080i]

But you don't get the motion-slwoing, composited, "modern grain" look of it. Those grainy pepsi ads look nothing like the effect. I forget the name of the video, but it was used in a mid-to-late 80's INXS video. I put an .avi clip of it on my webiste. It should be up at http://www.n246-nonix.com/inxscls.avi

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[Alex]

Did you really go to all this trouble???

Wow...I think, yeah, Wow!

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Alex

[Picture House Films]

I just thought I'd take a look to see what replies you'd received and well perhaps us experienced bods have been a bit heavy on you. Don't let us dampen your enthusiasm. The whole showbiz thing is largely about your kind of creativity. Orson Wells' effects team also went a litte over the top to give the newsreel at the start of Citizen Kane that worn look. As you learn the trade you'll find most people in here harp too much about modern hi-tech and miss the point entirely. Movies are about creation and whether you have all the budget and fasilities of Lucas or a spare twenty and a super 8mm camera the skill lies in how you bring your vision to the screen in the best possible way with the most restricted means. At picture House Films we have a fairly flexible production unit, but it was built over 17 years and is in many ways still haevily restricted. But we view nothing as impossible so persue your dream in whatever(legal) way you see fit

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[RoyBaty2002]

This techique was used in the short film 'Copy Shop'. I posted a link to the I-film showing in my Post Copy Shop. Take a look its worth it.

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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...

[Alex]

Here is the link to the Copy Shop topic post...
http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/Forum317/HTML/003884.html

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