Re: Infrared Movies

[Luvdove6@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/3/99 3:22:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I believe that in the 1940s it was common to use infrared stock to shoot
>  'day for night', in other words shoot night scenes in the daytime. The dark
>  skies and strong clouds helped to give the illusion of moonlight. This
>  would have used 35mm double perf stock - so when did Kodak stop making
>  this? These days you shoot with tungsten stock and underexpose to get a
>  similar result for colour.
>  
>  The US government treated the 16mm IR movie stock as military material and
>  so export was restricted ... this was in addition to the large minimum
>  order. I asked Kodak UK about ordering some in the early 1990s. They did
>  say they could tell me how to fake the look with normal stock. I should
>  have asked.
>  
>  35mm movie stock has half the perforations of still stock which might make
>  it risky to run it through a movie camera. Alternatively you can shoot with
>  one of the widescreen formats that actually works that way aound (along the
>  film rather than down it) but I can't recall the format name.
>  
>  Wasn't there an episode of the X-Files that was shot on B&W IR film? A
>  rather comic-book one about a mutant in the basement?

Wow... now honestly I never knew you could make IR movies  ;-)  I'm so new at 
all of this!  If you ever do find out how to do that... let me know  ;-)

~Holly~
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