4K short to 35mm cost?

[Tom Lowe]

There might have been another thread on this but I can't find it.

If I shoot a 3-minute timelapse short this summer (I know, very short) in 4k and finish post in 4k, how much will it cost me to transfer to a 35mm print so I can enter it in 35mm quality to festivals? I'm looking for discount prices here, people! And how does the sound work? Is that encoded to the 35mm print? Sorry I've never worked with video to film transfers before.

[Ace]

Ive recently enquired about this too.. Depending where you do it, Youd probably be looking at around $7000 minimum for a filmout @ 3 minutes (4320 frames)

[Tom Lowe]

Ive recently enquired about this too.. Depending where you do it, Youd probably be looking at around $7000 minimum for a filmout @ 3 minutes (4320 frames)

Jesus Christ! I might be able to round up like 500 bucks... :waaa:

[Ace]

Jesus Christ! I might be able to round up like 500 bucks... :waaa:

Well yeah, thats based on $1.50 per frame. Expensive business!

When you think about it, its quite a bargain really.. When I used to shoot film (still) photography, the cost for a filmout from digital to slide film was $30 a slide. Your getting that for 1.50.

But someone might know somewhere cheaper.. These are prices that ive been quoted and I may have been getting an "outsiders" cost.

[Stephen Williams]

There might have been another thread on this but I can't find it.

If I shoot a 3-minute timelapse short this summer (I know, very short) in 4k and finish post in 4k, how much will it cost me to transfer to a 35mm print so I can enter it in 35mm quality to festivals? I'm looking for discount prices here, people! And how does the sound work? Is that encoded to the 35mm print? Sorry I've never worked with video to film transfers before.

Hi Tom,

Would be much cheaper to shoot on film with a photochemical finish. That's why 35mm is still so popular, it's always the cheapest workflow when a 35mm print is required.

Stephen

[Tom Lowe]

Hi Tom,

Would be much cheaper to shoot on film with a photochemical finish. That's why 35mm is still so popular, it's often the cheapest workflow when a 35mm print is required.

Stephen

Ah, but I shoot my timelapses on DLSRs. I am truly shocked that a print would cost over a dollar per frame. Aren't there any bargain places? :)

[Mike]

We can do them for you for about 600 USD but that's excluding the sound transfer though.

[Ace]

We can do them for you for about 600 USD but that's excluding the sound transfer though.

Is that a 4k print?

[Mike]

just realised he's asking for 4k. We do mostly 2k so it's for 2k print.

[Ken Corben]

Would be much cheaper to shoot on film with a photochemical finish. That's why 35mm is still so popular, it's always the cheapest workflow when a 35mm print is required.

Steve may be right about it being cheaper to shoot a 3 min timelapse project in film if you own the camera but cheapest workflow though? Did I miss something?

If one own a Red and shoots a 100 min feature the cost difference is nearly 6:1! 35mm vs redraw...YIKES!(see pdf $600K vs $130K)

And finish in 4K? That's the beauty of red digital cinema...OPTIONS - if you can get a $600 print from 2K as an independent filmmaker you're winning, no?

http://www.dga.org/thedga/Digitalfil...ut9-25-2sz.pdf