Push processing

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A photograph pushed by 2 stops, showing strong grain

Push processing in

underexposure
in the camera.

Visual characteristics

Push processing allows relatively insensitive films to be used under lighting conditions that would ordinarily be too low for adequate exposure at the required

colour film
that has been push processed.

Pull processing involves overexposure and underdevelopment, effectively decreasing the sensitivity of the processed film. It is achieved by developing the film for a shorter time, and possibly at a lower temperature. Film that has been pull processed will display the opposite change in visual characteristics. This may be deliberately exploited for artistic effect.

Exposure index

A roll of Cinestill 135 color film showing checkboxes that can be used to remember the EI for push-processing (expressed in stops relative to the box speed of ISO 800/30°).

When a film's effective sensitivity has been varied, the resulting sensitivity is called the

exposure index; the film's speed remains at the manufacturer's indication. For example, an ISO
200/24° film could be push processed to EI 400/27° or pull processed to EI 100/21°.

In cinema

16mm film stock, which was then push processed to ASA 1000 to compensate for the dark conditions of filming the Empire State Building during the night.[2]

John Alcott won an Oscar "for his gorgeous use of natural lighting" in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 period film Barry Lyndon, set in the 18th century, where he succeeded in filming scenes lit only by candlelight through the use of special wide-aperture Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 lenses designed for the low-light shooting on NASA's moon landings, and then push-processing the film stock.[3]

Larry Smith, the cinematographer for Kubrick's 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut, used push-processing to increase the intensity of the color.[4]

35mm film stock for the 2017 film Phantom Thread, also filling its frames with "theatrical haze" to "dirty up" the look of the film.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-240-51592-7
    .
  2. ^ Angell, Callie (1994). "The Films of Andy Warhol, Part II: Exhibition Whitney Museum of American Art, March 30-April 24, 1994".
  3. ^ Eggert, Brian (January 9, 2013). "Barry Lyndon". Deep Focus Review. Archived from the original on March 28, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. American Cinematographer (33). Archived
    from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. ^ O'Falt, Chris (December 20, 2017). "How Paul Thomas Anderson Dirtied-Up 'Phantom Thread' to Avoid the Polish of 'The Crown'". IndieWire. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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