Kodak shot Film at Oscars: Digital Era!

Jan 27 2023

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Digital film making all though took over the film making Industry completely, there are some important film makers around the world continue to shoot in Kodak Motion picture film stock.

Past few  years looking into  OSCARS nominations  …there are handful of  movies list shot on motion picture film stock.

This year 2023 nominations list shot on kodak film include-

  • Fablemans
  • Babylon
  • After Sun
  • Nope

Coming to few details about Fablemens which is the most favorite among the contenders to win Best Film this year at OSCARS.

Cinematographer Kamiński framed The Fabelmans in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, and went with Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2 cameras, fitted with Panavision PVintage Lenses, for the mainstay of narrative storytelling.

ARRIFLEX 16ST and 416 16mm cameras with Panavision Primo Lenses, plus Super8mm cameras, were variously used to film Sammy’s re-enactment of the dreadful train crash from The Greatest Show on Earth, plus the recreations of Spielberg’s early home movies, including a war film that echoes the gravitas of Saving Private Ryan. The camera package was provided by Panavision in Woodland Hills.

As for film stocks, Kamiński went with KODAK VISION3 500T Color Negative Film 5219 for the day/night interior and night exterior scenes. KODAK VISION3 50D Color Negative Film 5203 was used for most of the day exteriors, switching to KODAK VISION3 250D Color Negative Film 5207 if shoots extended beyond normal daylight. Sammy’s films were shot on 16mm and Super 8mm VISION3 250D 7207 and VISION3 500T 7219 film stocks. Film processing was done at FotoKem in Los Angeles, with dailies scanning and the final DI grade completed at Picture Shop in Burbank.

Apart from OSCARS other important movies shot on Film during 2022 are

* Death on the Nile-  65mm Panavision Super 70: Filmed with the Panavision Panaflex System 65 Studio equipped with Panavision Sphero 65 Primes and System 65 Primes, shot by Haris Zambarloukos BSC GSC. Entire film captured on Kodak Vision3 Film [50D 5203/350D 5207/200T 5213/500T 5219]

The Northman– 4-Perf 35mm: Filmed with the Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, shot by Jarin Blaschke. Entire film captured on Kodak Vision3 Film [250D 5207/200T 5213/500T 5219]

Bullet Train– 35mm: Shot by Jonathan Sela 

Jurassic World: Dominion– 35mm Anamorphic/4-Perf Super 35mm/Panavision Super 70 Hybrid: Filmed with the Arriflex 235, 435, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panaflex Platinum and Panaflex System 65 Studio equipped with Panavision Primo Anamorphic & Spherical Primes, Ultra Vista Anamorphic Primes and System 65 Primes, shot by John Schwartzman ASC. DI Color by Stefan Sonnenfeld ASC. Entire film captured on Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 Film Stock

Nope– 65mm IMAX [Kodak Vision3 500T 5219]: Filmed with the IMAX MSM 9802 shot by  Hoyte van Hoytema,….About 40 percent of the film is shot with IMAX cameras”—about 47 minutes—with most of the rest shot on 5-perf 65mm.

The Phantom of the Open, this one a split of 16mm and 35mm.

White Noise has its formats listed as also a mix of 35mm and 65mm, though DP Lol Crawley clarified to The Film Stage’s Nick Newman that “The second unit had VistaVision, which is actually 65, but 35mm film  pulling through horizontally through eight perfs at a time.”

Compartment No.6

Corsage was intended to be shot on 35mm

On the Count of Three

To Leslie

The Box

After Blue

The Burning Sea

Bones and All

One Fine Morning

Cordelia

The Cursed

A Man Called Otto

Montana Story- cinematographer Giles Nuttgens  notes that they shot the film on 35mm and in anamorphic—the format

Many major upcoming movies like Christopher Nolans Oppenheimer  is completely shot in Motion picture film.

Oppenheimer Announcement - YouTube

Kodak Motion Picture film survives during this Digital Era by the great film makers around the globe who do not want to compromise.

Article by

CJ Rajkumar

Author/Cinematographer

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