film stock
Unexposed cinema material
Film stock is the physical medium—a strip of flexible plastic coated with light-sensitive emulsion—on which motion pictures are recorded.
Different stocks have distinct characteristics: grain, contrast, color response.
Filmmakers choose stock based on the look they want: She shot the dream sequences on grainy 16mm stock.
In the digital era, the term persists in software filters that simulate the appearance of classic stocks.
Transparent flammable synthetic material
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- acetateVinegar-derived compound
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
- nitrateNO₃ compound
gelatin · base · coating · perforations · grain · 35mm · 16mm · 8mm
Becoming more advanced
- darkroomFilm processing chamber
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- printTransfer text to paper
- fixerOne who resolves issues
developer · reversal · telecine · scanning · archival · preservation · restoration
From living matter
nostalgia · skin tones · flicker · artifacts · patina · sepia · black and white · Technicolor
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- ISOGlobal standards body
- speedRate of motion
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- contrastNotable difference between things
saturation · sensitivity · resolution · dynamic range · halation · reciprocity · overexposure · underexposure
Major imaging company
- FujifilmJapanese photography corporation
- EastmanPhotography industrialist's surname
- EktachromeColor reversal film brand
- DeltaAlluvial formation at mouth
celluloid
Transparent flammable synthetic material
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- acetateVinegar-derived compound
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
nitrate · gelatin · base · coating · perforations · grain · 35mm · 16mm · 8mm · Super 8
developing
Becoming more advanced
fixer · developer · reversal · telecine · scanning · archival · preservation · restoration
organic
From living matter
analog · nostalgia · skin tones · flicker · artifacts · patina · sepia · black and white · Technicolor · desaturated
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
contrast · saturation · sensitivity · resolution · dynamic range · halation · reciprocity · overexposure · underexposure
Kodak
Major imaging company
- FujifilmJapanese photography corporation
- EastmanPhotography industrialist's surname
- EktachromeColor reversal film brand
- cinemamovies, movie, cinema, directors, cinemas
- Film Technologycamera, projector, kinetoscope, lens, CGI
- productiondirectors, pre-production, producers, production, cameras
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting
- color photographycolor balance, color correction, color grading, color temperature, color negative
- film archivesvideo archives, archival footage, cinematheques, celluloid, negatives
film stockdigital storage
Saving data electronically
digital media · memory card · solid-state drive · hard drive · SD card
film, stock, stocks, films, stockpile, filmmaker, filmmaking, stockpiling, stockpiled