Ektachrome is F***ing beautiful

[@BlaineWestropp1]

join the discord, its fun - discord.gg/3kcz7EsKjn

[@bobbydrake8965]

any chance you upload some of the footage so we play with ourselves in Resolve?

[@Afroninja10000]

Loving your videos Blaine. The knowledge, authenticity, and ability to communicate to your "average joe" will continue to propel you forward in this space. Great stuff.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thank you so much. I appreciate that. More to come :)

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

I also own a lightmeter and use it for 35mm photography and some digital work. But can you make a quick tutorial on your on set metering workflow and thought process when shooting 35mm motion picture film? I would love to see that

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey yes actually this is something that I do have on my list to make a video about. Stay tuned!

[@Asomers322]

That ending was fuego

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I love it 😇

[@LucaBono.Studio]

Yep! That's the only film I use for film photography...bloody expensive, but worth it! 😅

[@SashaSudek]

Beautiful indeed ; thanks for another great video

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you :)

[@decliveestudio]

Your HAT!!!!!!! ITs amazing and i cant agree more, merch? Im ready! Amazing video as always man!!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Haha thank you. Love this hat. Not my creation. Made by someone that goes by flickman. I do have a shirt or 2 in the works…

[@andymanson]

A sumptuous film stock. I shot stills on it for many years, and if I ever get the time to make the short film that we all want to make, I'll almost certainly shoot it on this stock.

[@JackAdamCarter]

What monitor are you using? Are you using a Thunderbolt SDI converter? if so, which one? Thanks! Looking for grading monitor to use with a MacBook Pro & Resolve

[@The_Daliban]

It's so worth it. Thanks for taking us on the journey

[@BlaineWestropp1]

more to come 😎

[@anaszizaoui197]

Love your videos and your commitment with the audience is really cozy, keep the good work!!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

hey thank you so much :) more to come!

[@TylerEdwards]

loving watching your voyage with film

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you Tyler!

[@iammilesq]

yessssssssssssssssss. Love that you're doing filmwork bro. Great video again, I'm here for the movement.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you Miles! More to come 😎

[@omenka]

OH MY GOD THIS LOOKS F***ING BEAUTIFUL! Just used Ektachrome 400 as an expired 35mm film. My favorite of all 35mm films but its hard to get it.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Ooo cool. This was 100. I’d like to try to take some stills with 400.

[@samprstn]

as someone who mainly shoots film for both photo and cine it’s nice to see you really getting stuck in to shooting film and experimenting 🤝

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I love it!

[@Joe.Blackwood]

Loving these film stock uploads! What working colour space in resolve are you working in for film? dwg, aces or arri?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thanks! for this I am just working in default resolve settings. the scans are cineon, and I have found some great looks just working under default (outside of changing to 709-A)

[@Joe.Blackwood]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Legend!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

😇

[@spensersakurai]

hell yeah

[@BlaineWestropp1]

oh hi Spenser!

[@WasabiNoise]

Sometimes I ask myself why do I watch your videos, I’m not in the business and I’m probably never going to shoot in film but I find it very interesting. I love the look of film, especially on the highlights when you point to the tube lights on the background.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Never say never.

[@pglazzari1]

Solid Blaine, Yes, Make Video horizontal again! Ugh TikTok uh duuuuuhhhhh!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

☺️☺️

[@Lion-Heart-666]

Thank you for sharing your commentary, this is really helping me see and hear differently.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you :)

[@nourisardardp]

Love the way you create videos Blaine! Thanks for sharing

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thanks so much :)

[@TomGasser]

Love all your videos so far. That shoot that you did is beautiful and I’m tempted to now also shoot on film to atleast try it.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thank you so much. I would definitely try it if you can. It is a fun process, the image looks great, and it kinda makes you re think how to create moving images. Slows ya down for a minute in a good way!

[@TomGasser]

@@BlaineWestropp1 will definitely try it!!

[@theC47]

Killing it as usual! Great content.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you 😊 love the username

[@NaorFilms]

Great Video!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you 😎

[@g1234538]

Oh Blaine, had a question. Perhaps an idea for your endless list! You mentioned you crossprocessed Ektrachrome as a negative... have you considered crosspro of color negative stock in E6 chemicals? Actually, I wonder if you can with a regular lab. Ektrachrome has no remjet iirc, so I hope they'd be able to remove it if you wanted to push color negative through the process. Uh, maybe you should ask them about it first so you don't ruin their chemicals...

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I could ask the lab about this. I do love how vision3 looks processed in ecn2 so I’d be hesitant to develop a whole role of it in e6 just bc of the overall cost. But if the lab tells me it’ll be cool, I’m down for it! I don’t even know if it is a possibility but I can look into it. 😎

[@g1234538]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Totally, don't go dropping an entire roll on an experiment! Might be better to try it with some Cinestill or 16mm or something! I just have seen that xpro negative gives some finer grain and the contrastier look and I was curious how that'd end up!

[@samuelguce]

just awesome - love this - am about to shoot my first 16mm roll after nervously removing the loop formers from my K3

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Ooo awesome! Let me know how it goes!

[@juliancantillo97]

So thankful for this and the other videos of yours on film, keep it up please.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thank you! Definitely more on the way.

[@OrangeBrick8]

Love Ektachrome

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Me too ❤️

[@g1234538]

Ah, crossprocessed. I feel from many of the images i see of xpro film looking so colorshifted that I've gotten a bad image of it, but the results here turned out great. And it still looks Ektachrome-y after grading! "along with the other million ideas I have in my notes for video" - I'm sure all the comments from various people (industry, other knowhow ppl) on that first film vid contributed to at least half of your notes lol You have some really exciting videos on this topic because you give a lot of practical advice having done all these professional shoots and with a lot of experience to do so, it's quite unique!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I do like the look of this stock cross processed. Next time I will consider processing the “normal” way in E6. The notes are ever flowing.. at all times. So much to do. 😎 I definitely will be exploring more with film. I have a bit more to share regarding 35mm. Then on to some s16 (little less stressful), 8mm maybe, then 65 which I of course am very excited about.

[@g1234538]

@@BlaineWestropp1 We've all given you way too much to do!! BLAINE WE'RE SORRY lmao 16mm always seemed like a great choice because it's smaller yet still looks great, and thus a more accessible way to do a bunch of tests I was particularly interested in the guy mentioning that special telecine session, I wonder what that entails But there is a literal infinite number of possibilities to do. Bleach bypass. A photochemical grade, sure why not. See what happens to grain when you over- or under-rate the sensitivity. Also WatchingtheAerial's video on the color of The Ring was particularly cool too! I've personally just been kinda starstruck by all the possibilities and craft associated with it from looking through videos and photography and cinematography forums.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

@g1234538 haha don’t be sorry. I love it. This was all part of the plan. Love 16mm. Also will do a telecine session. Lab is on board just need to schedule. Should be fun. Will document the process. I really like the process of shooting film. And also the look of course.. it looks so nice. And through shooting film over the past year or so I have built a bunch of looks for digital sensors based on the film. So that is cool as well. So much to share. So much to discuss!

[@ParkerFoster]

wonderful work as always!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you Parker!

[@t3chnicolor]

So curious what codec the lab delivers your scans in? Are they delivering DPX?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I got 6.5k prores 4444 XQ. They also do DPX, but I wanted prores. They also supplied 1080 422 proxies they they do a quick grade on which is nice. Their grade looked great as well. Metropolis post in NYC.

[@maxi.designs]

Amazing video! Do you think the results would look even better if you corrected the color shift in camera with a color filter?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you. It would definitely look different. Also processing ektachrome as a positive stock (E6) will yield much more natural colors.

[@maxi.designs]

@@BlaineWestropp1Do you get better dynamic range when processing it as E6 or ECN2?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Ahhh dang I can’t remember. I’ll find out and let you know.

[@matthewmaccarthy8542]

I'd be curious to see an Ektachrome test in an environment full of saturated colors.

[@RemmyMusic1]

can anyone explain how film looks sharp but soft? you can punch in like at 6:08, and it still has the same quality . Im not really talking about the resolution per se, theres something about the grain that allows the image to stay consistent

[@BlaineWestropp1]

its a combo of magic and the 1st AC Arjun :) I think grain does help an image to feel sharp, despite it kind of softening the image too. I have some stuff ive zoomed in like 500% and it still looks and feels good.

[@t3chnicolor]

That’s the magic of film and why people love its look so much. Also has to do with something called halation I think, which may or may not have to do with the silver halide crystals inside the actual celluloid and how it reacts to light…

[@yutaka9940]

Thank you for the best video! Can I get similar effects such as color tone with a blue filter?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thank you! You could consider using a blue filter to bake in the look. Kinda like what they did on the movie the ring. You could also build the look in Davina resolve using Dehancer.

[@yutaka9940]

@@BlaineWestropp1 thx!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

🫡

[@gabrielaaronmoser-diary]

thanks for sharing. make horizontal great again!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

🫡😇

[@danielp_adams]

Great stuff man

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thanks Daniel!

[@mungoinc]

this is what I thought I was going to get with the ektachrome film stock in dehancer but def not the case

[@BlaineWestropp1]

You may need to tune it further! I’ve had good results in Dehancer. Haven’t specifically gone for this exact look. Maybe I need to try it out.

[@0003smailliWkcaJ]

what laptop do u use for editing?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

MBPro m2 max!

[@adrianstanciu]

What monitor are you using there ? :)

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I was carrying around a smallhd focus7. I had a smallhd cine7 on the camera. both have built in teradek, and I use them on almost every shoot!

[@kipkipful]

Blaine how does the focus puller get a video signal from film?

[@jonathangogoi]

A videotap (a tiny camera recording the ground glass) is used for live monitoring on set. For a focus puller, relying on a videotap feed to check for sharps is not ideal so using additional tools such as rangefinders (Cine RT Focusbug or Preston LR2 to name a few) is usually preferred to maintain the focus in accordance to the depth of field.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Yep. What Jonathan said. The video signal is quite different than what we see on digital cameras as it is a camera inside the camera getting a feed through a beam splitter. Useful for framing things, but you still can’t judge exposure from it. And yes focus puller will either make marks, and rehearse the moves, or use a rangefinder. On this shoot we did use a laser rangefinder that you can see mounted to the top of the camera!

[@kostyaprimachenko7671]

beautiful video, thank you

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you 😊

[@Sebbir]

I totally didn’t think that Ektachrome was the name of the woman before watching the video

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Haha! A couple other people said that. Maybe I should add Kodak in front of the title.

[@dmitryy2199]

it does look beautiful mate!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I do love it!

[@dushyantbhatt9345]

You shoot your KZbin videos on which camera ??

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Lately I shoot them on the Alexa (which is the only camera I have at the moment). In the past I’ve used an fx3 (which I need to get again), Komodo, blackmagic.

[@ryanlynch347]

The BTS was shot on C70, R5C and FX3…and rumors of a Leica Q2 Reporter.

[@Lion-Heart-666]

What editing software is shown in this video?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

davinci resolve!

[@Lion-Heart-666]

thank you friend!@@BlaineWestropp1

[@BlaineWestropp1]

🫡

[@Bobsmithabc]

How do you know when you white balance or push colors around in post that you’re not messing up the actual film color/look?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I personally just move it to where I want it. you can also do a telecine session in the theater which is a little different. I actually plan to do this and hopefully post a video here about the process!

[@Bobsmithabc]

@@BlaineWestropp1 When you shoot on film are you more interested in preserving the original color, saturation, contrast, white/black levels, or physical aspects such as grain, bloom/halation?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I kind of treat it similar to digital.. but just less moves. I push to towards the look I want. I don’t try and preserve any grain or halation at all, I also don’t preserve the white and black levels. I will balance the color (white balance), add contrast, maybe a little saturation (sometimes) and sometimes use a print film LUT and adjust below that. That being said… apart from adding contrast I don’t do much at all. Very minor moves. So I guess in a way it is preserved. But straight from the scan it is a cineon log curve, so very flat and needs contrast!

[@Bobsmithabc]

@@BlaineWestropp1 I see, thanks!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

@@Bobsmithabc there are a lot of different ways to approach it. But you really don’t need to be too heavy handed with it. It’s very nice!

[@dushyantbhatt9345]

You are a focus puller right ??

[@BlaineWestropp1]

DP!

[@sheldonspock5566]

One could argue that's not Ektachrome, that's _cross-processed_ Ektachrome.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

You’re not wrong..

[@sheldonspock5566]

i'm also wondering how much the kinos have introduced a tint on your shot, too. granted the cross-processing alone is bound to skew everything on its own.

[@loganlambert]

Please do iPhone vs Ektachrome Film

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hahah stahp it. Come home. Miss u.

[@lkmccamley]

10/10 🔥

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Bernie’s tonight?!

[@lkmccamley]

I could

[@nestorarranz3179]

I think i prefer regular ektachrome but It looks great none the less

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Do you mean regular as in processing it in E6, the “proper” way to process it?

[@nestorarranz3179]

​@@BlaineWestropp1yup i've only shot It in stills and i think they used It in Poor Things (i would be lying if i said i know when they used It) and its so vibrant and full of life. Maybe in the studio lit like you had it It wouldnt look too different developed in e6 but its very different in the streets (i shoot street photography or something like that)

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Cool. Definitely want to shoot ektachrome again and have it processed the normal way. I’ve heard it is beautiful, where processing it in ecn2 is more gritty and has that green filth lol. When you shoot stills ektachrome is it 400 asa?

[@nestorarranz3179]

@@BlaineWestropp1 i shoot box speed with slide film, its too expensive for me to experiment with It. I have seen some really cool results pushing It one or two stops but i havent had the chance to try it

[@BlaineWestropp1]

cool. I gotta try it.

[@chakk0]

🎉 great video🎉

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you :)

[@SaimYilmaz]

I thought her name was Ektachrome lol

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hahah that’s a good name…

[@GarrettWare]

Okay plz stop putting out the best material here on the platform, thnx.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

😇😇

[@cinematools]

No plugin can replicate the motion of the film. Which is too bad because I love plugins and film is expensive.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Do you mean the gate weave? Or just the general motion? Have you tried adding gate weave in post? If you’re talking about general motion, cameras with super fast sensor readout speeds like the Alexa have super nice motion in my opinion.

[@cinematools]

@@BlaineWestropp1is just the motion in general. I do work with Alexas a lot and have done two 35mm shorts and there's a difference. It's hard to describe.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I agree with ya. This is one reason I love the film.

[@foreignstudio]

For shits and giggles throw Dehancer on it 😂

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I really should have..

[@BlaineWestropp1]

You hangin with Logan right now or what?! I’m jealous.

[@foreignstudio]

@@BlaineWestropp1 tomorrow!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

YES!

[@cleverghostchili]

You’re f***ing beautiful

[@BlaineWestropp1]

baahaha no you are Ghost

[@schmollywood]

The confusing part about the whole video is why you desaturate everything to the point where what you are trying to demonstrate (the unique colors of Ektachrome) is pretty much not showing anymore. This video should rather be called “Desaturating Ektachrome footage”. What you show unfortunately looks nothing like what they have done with Ektachrome in Euphoria since they keep it rather saturated.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I didn’t desaturate anything! I think there just aren’t many colors in this footage. Human on white paper! Also there was no effort to create anything that looks like what they did in euphoria. It was just the same stock, and the same processing.

[@schmollywood]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Blaine the whole KZbin video is completely desaturated not just what you show as Ektachrome film stock. I can only assume you have something going that makes the video almost look like Log footage, but it clearly affects everything that you are showing . Sure girl in front of white background isn’t very colorful, but even her skin looks very desaturated and pale. Sure no problem if you didn’t want to make it look like Euphoria but since you mentioned a couple of times that you liked that shows look so much because of Ektachrome I found it confusing that you show very different results. No offense but I just don’t get it. Sorry

[@BlaineWestropp1]

This video is more me just taking a look at some footage. No final grade. Just lookin! I could pump up the sat and share some footage if ya want!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Also, maybe it wasn’t clear, but my point about euphoria was simply that they shot on this stock and they processed it the same way. This is not a “making a euphoria look” it was just a recent show that used the film!

[@julienpierb]

But not as beautiful as your eyes 👁️👃👁️

[@BlaineWestropp1]

😂😇

[@Homie_vers]

Great work as always!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you homie!