Re: Infrared Movies

[p geller <filje@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michel Wurtz wrote:
> 
> Andy Finney wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> I once look at (the beginning of) a movie in color IR.  It was in the seventies,
> and I believe the movie calls "narcissus pink".  It was done with 16mm color
> IR film, and the part I see was badly overexposed... I only see the first ten
> minutes : it appeared to be a (_very_) bad kind of underground X movie...  so
> I was out to see something of better quality :-)
> 
> --
> Michel Wurtz


another historic note: The cover of Frank Zappa's 'Hot Rats' album was
done
in color infra red in about 1968.

Phil

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