What is Motion Picture Film?
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What is Motion Picture Film?
Motion picture film is a type of film that is used in cinema cameras for capturing videos. It comes in a range of sizes from 8mm to 35mm and even up to 120. Some directors, such as Christopher Nolan, still choose to shoot their movies on film. Interstellar, Oppenheimer, and La La Land are all examples of films that were captured on motion picture film.
Motion picture film comes in rolls of 400 or 1000ft but they can be respooled into 35mm film canisters so that it can be shot with the film cameras that we know and love!
The most common motion picture film is Kodak Vision3 which comes in a range of speeds and colour balances. Ranging from 50 to 500 ISO and either daylight or tungsten balanced. Tungsten balanced simply means that it is designed to be shot under artificial light which makes it ideal for shooting at night or indoors.
How is Motion Picture Film Different?
Motion picture film has a layer of chemicals known as remjet. This helps to protect the film from scratches when it is being used in cinema cameras. Before developing motion picture film the remjet layer needs to be removed. Therefore, when you send your film for development make sure to select ECN-2 not C-41 (which is the typically colour film development process).
Where can I get Motion Picture Film Developed?
When you purchase one of our motion picture film stocks you will receive a discount code for developing & scanning your film with our friends over at The Film Safe.
Our Motion Picture Film Stocks
We stock our favourite motion picture films, Kodak Vision3 250D and 500T. These have been respooled into used film cartridges from The Film Safe which we then rebrand. This helps to cut down on the waste produced from the film photography process and helps to reduce the cost of the film which we pass onto our customers. Both film stocks are available to purchase at just £8.99 for 36 exposures!
Sample Photos:
JFR Daylight 250 (Kodak Vision3 250D)
JFR Tungsten 500 (Kodak Vision3 500T)