I am NOT Spartacus comparison *PIX* - Page 5

Originally Posted by Robert Harris 


Spartacus is not a "grainy" film. There is natural 5248 grain, reduced by half in the filming process, on top of which is video noise.


RAH

Originally Posted by haineshisway 

WHAT? Spartacus is NOT a grainy film??? It just amazes me (then again, I am easily amazed) that anyone would think a large format film should have "lots of grain" - that would be a big NO. The whole point of large format was a "window to the world" with only very fine grain. That's why people shot large format - they didn't want the damn grain.

Originally Posted by wuther 

The whole point of choosing a large format was the higher resolution, fine grain was a by-product rather then the reason. Upon reading the 70mm promotions you will be hard pressed to find 'no grain', instead it's about more image detail. Film goers in no way hated film grain or print flaws for that matter, that's a home video myth. Film grain IS the image and not separate from it, get over it.
For Tron the supplements states many times 70mm was chosen because of it's high resolution could be printed out in larger more defined plates to use as templates for the hand drawn elements rather then saying 35mm is too grainy.
The Spartacus HD-DVD on the other hand does indeed have quite noticeable film grain, whether that's a result of over processing or a multi-generation source is open to debate I guess.

Originally Posted by wuther 

Film goers in no way hated film grain or print flaws for that matter, that's a home video myth. Film grain IS the image and not separate from it, get over it.

Originally Posted by haineshisway 

You do love to put words in people's mouths. You will be hard-pressed to find me having ever used the words "no grain" in reference to large format.

Originally Posted by haineshisway 

That's why people shot large format - they didn't want the damn grain.

Originally Posted by 42041 

That older movies are invariably loaded with heavy grain is also a home video myth. Even an anamorphic 35mm film from the 60s or 70s could have very little visible grain for much of its running time.

Originally Posted by wuther 


Epic fail. Try again.
Gee where did I write 'heavy grain', oh yeah, no where. Still to those that prefer lots of grain scrubbing even close to full grain is 'too heavy'.

Originally Posted by wuther 

Gee where did I write 'heavy grain', oh yeah, no where. Still to those that prefer lots of grain scrubbing even close to full grain is 'too heavy'.