What is cheaper to film a feature film on? Digital vs 16mm.?

Question

What is cheaper?
Buying a Digital HD miniDV Camcorder
or...
Buying a 16mm Camcorder

Answer 1

That's a very good question actually. A good friend of mine is shooting in Spain next year and is using 16mm rather than HD. His last film was shot on HD and because of light problems it cost a fortune in post production to fix stuff. This times he's back to 16mm...against my advice, as it will be me that will be doing the digital cut in Avid. Some HD formats are almost up there with 35mm film and theoretically 16mm should now be redundant but a lot of camera operators and filmmakers still prefer it for feature work. The cost of the film stock really isn't an issue compared to the set and crew on location, it's the develop, edit and print that can be straight forward too.
When George Lucas started shooting Star Wars in HD it looked like the game was up for film..but not quite so by the look of it.
I hope that muddies the waters a bit more...lol

Answer 2

A 16mm camcorder or 16mm film camera?
In either case mini DV is the way to go. That's where the industry is going. With DV you shoot download to your computer and edit. Everyday editing tools get more and more powerful and cheaper. you can buy any MAC and start editing out the box in 10mins.
Film is Very pricey and timely.

I hope that helps

Answer 3

the cheapest 16mm film camera is a used wind up Bolex. great because not electronic, but of course no sound either.

video has always been less expensive than film, not only because of the film developing costs, but also the editing and effects. audio is especially difficult with film, particularly if there is no timecode.

The HDV camcorder or miniDV camcorder is capable of great pictures and audio at good economy.

Answer 4

Shooting HDV costs about $2 an hour of footage. Shooting 16mm costs more like $2,000 an hour (film, developing, telecine, etc).

I don't see any reason to shoot 16mm anymore; in theory HDV isn't as good, but unless you can afford decent lighting you won't get a particularly good picture anyway. If you can afford decent lighting, you can probably afford to shoot 35mm.

Answer 5

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