DFD (Digital-Film-Digital)
Digital-Film-Digital Services
What is DFD?
DFD stands for 'digital-film-digital'.
It is Cinelab’s analog intermediate process, where we transfer your digital movie file via ARRILASER on to celluloid film. We then process that film and scan it back to digital with an authentic film look applied to the source footage.
Why use DFD?
This technique adds real film grain and texture to the digital image. Cinelab’s DFD process has applications across commercials, music videos, episodic TV and feature films. It can be utilised for several purposes:
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Apply an authentic film look to digitally acquired footage.
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Bed in VFX shots and make them look more realistic.
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Unify the look of multiple digital, film, or hybrid shot footage.
Patch Size
We can authentically produce the grain size and look of full frame 35mm, S16mm, or S8mm.
*Anamorphic / 4perf / 3perf / 2perf
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DFD Project
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How much does DFD cost?
OTHER SERVICES
Film Stock
We usually record to a digital intermediate negative stock (Kodak 2254), which has a fine film grain. Alternatively, for additional grain we can record to original camera negative stock (Kodak 250D/50D).
Camera Negative - Kodak 250D
This is our most popular option if you want your digital content to look like it was captured on film. It retains the real film grain of the film stock, along with its other characteristics such as the image softening, halation and even the gate weave if shooting out to a 16mm or 8mm patch size.
Camera Negative - Kodak 50D
This is a very similar negative to the 250D but with a finer grain structure.
