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ULTRA 16MM DIGITAL TRANSFER LAB PETITION

ULTRA 16MM DIGITAL TRANSFER LAB PETITION

Closed — 89 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 12 years, 10 months ago
Dear colleague Film Makers, Cinematographers, Directors and Cameramen, As you know, the Ultra16mm format gives you the perfect 1:85.1 aspect ratio that can match any 35mm film productions shot in that aspect ratio.Ultra16mm is becoming more and more interesting to be used by professionals like us for the above description, and give us a real opportunity to obtain professional results almost as good as 35mm film productions for a very low budget! Results that we will never get by using a Red Epic , Alexa or any other digital cameras. So, to support that superb format, I am asking you to sign this petition to push some film laboratories like Fotokem and Colorlab Who want to see this petition signed by you before they modify their film gate to Ultra16mm (Aspect ratio 1:85.) on digital transfer machine. Great conversions to Ultra 16 are made by Cameraspro.com for a very reasonable price. Just contact them at: [email protected], This year and next year, I will direct 3 important feature films. ‘All Hallows' Eve, ‘Elizabeth Bathory’ and ‘Wings of Glory’. If you really love film and the 7th art like all of us do, I am asking you to sign this petition and please do include your title (Director, Filmmaker, DP, Cameraman or Producer) as soon as you can to obtain a positive response from a good film laboratory. I know I can count on you to keep the film alive for many and many years to come Thank you ! Best regards, Guy Bodart Film Director/DP President of I.F.A

Updates

October 28, 2013

The momentum is incredible. Labs are finally noticing the demand for Ultra 16mm.

6 Comments

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Jeremy A, Settles
12 years ago Featured

I would shoot film and i Love Film before i shoot video, and i own an Epic X 5K camera.

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Jason Walton
12 years ago Featured

KEEP FILM ALIVE. Sick of everyone just hitting record on an Alexa and calling it cinema.

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Mark Gallagher
12 years ago Featured

Digital is just too clean. Nothing beat the look of 16mm grain. Need this to happen.

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Sarah Kim
12 years ago Featured

PLEASE!! Ultra 16 is amazing and so underused. I have two scripts sitting in my drawer waiting for a lab to support this.

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David Wilkinson
12 years ago Featured

Real film texture is impossible to replicate. We are losing our craft to sensors that all look the same.

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Elena Malhotra
12 years ago Featured

I am a DP and I miss the grit. Digital transfer options are so limited right now. We need this format back in the lab.