Hello 

I have an experimental music video project which only operates with 
analogue/optical effects. It was all filmed with digital cameras high iso - so 
its veeeeery grainy (purposely so, see sample still). Now I would like to 
perform a final step over: Print it on 16mm (or 35mm film) and then scan it 
back in 2k or 4k

There are three ways I imagine this can happen, tho have no previous 
experience: 
- 16mm print out and scan back to digital: quite expensive to do, even for 
4min. 
- 35mm print out and scan back to digital: probably cheaper - though maybe the 
resolution is too good / the grain no present enough. Then again: Maybe this is 
just the necessary amount of information/sharpness needed to render the digital 
grain/artefacts clearly
- Use a Bolex or Krasnogorsk and film the digital master from a screen or 
projector, develop the film and scan back to digital (?): does this give you 
adequate quality? I'm especially interested in this technique since its the 
cheapest but also because i imagine the 'sloppiness' of the bolex/krasnogorsk 
adds a movement/breathing that could be quite interesting for e.g. the shots 
that were filmed on a gimbal. 

Questions: 

- has any of you experience with filming from a screen / projector? If yes, I'd 
appreciate some tips regarding technique. 
- I guess in all the cases above it would make sense to have a digital master 
that is rather a little more overexposed than underexposed? 
- ho do overexposures end up on the film negative/scan back? does it get more 
organic or does it stay rather digital in its aesthetic? 

I hope I could express myself understandably. 

Best
Janis 

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