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Post #926276

Author
Dek Rollins
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Help Wanted: '2001: A Space Odyssey' - 35mm Preservation (original 1968 prints obtained) (* unfinished project *)
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Date created
9-Apr-2016, 12:45 PM

ww12345 said:

I guess I should clarify - release print grain is different from negative grain. When they shoot the original negative, the film stock they use has a certain grain pattern to it. In 2001s case, they shot on 65mm film stock. Working with 65mm film is incredibly different from working with 35mm, in that the actual size of the frame is so large that the grain seems smaller. On each of these prints (the 35mm I am having scanned) there is generational grain between the original negative and the much smaller release prints. That is just extra grain on the image - it’s not part of the original camera work at all. It occurred to me that I probably won’t want to watch it without 35mm grain either 😃 , so I’m amending my original release to have a 1080p version which keeps the original 35mm grain.

I know how print grain works, and what the difference is with negative grain. I love 35mm prints because of the color, grain and contrast. I love 35mm print grain. And it’s good to hear you’ve reconsidered 😛.

EDIT: I’d also like to mention, that this is one of the few things I wasn’t too happy to see about SW Legacy, seeing as you compared it to that in the first post.