A recent YouTube video was filmed entirely on 35mm film. Currently, this might be the only YouTube video that has ever been shot predominantly on film, and the look it produces is definitely interesting.
A YouTube channel called Stand-up Maths recently uploaded a video that was shot on 35mm film. The video itself goes into great detail explaining the different film formats.
For many people who shot film, 35mm was probably the go-to format, especially if you were filming. This is mostly due to the fact that it was far more accessible and significantly less expensive than many of the bigger formats.
Of course, this is still relatively true today with digital cameras. Smaller formats are, for the most part, more accessible and less expensive, and due to this, larger sensors tend not to be mainstream.
The video linked above is not only interesting because it clearly demonstrates what filming with 35mm film looks like, but it also describes different formats and explains how anamorphic lenses work on film. This was something that was particularly interesting to me, as it shows how these kinds of lenses work and the process required to "desqueeze."
Check out the full video linked above.
I just wonder what that video cost to produce. I would also ask why? A 35 mm film workflow for a YouTube video! ….When ultimately the analog film had to be converted into a digital format to be delivered via YouTube. Ok it has a film look but that look could have been produced digitally. For me it makes no logistical ,financial or any other sense.
It is for the clicks, man!
Ever obscurer details in the cinematic universe, for the clicks. At least they do not sacrifice humans at the Colonseum to pass their time. Oh wait, they are doing that. One weapons shipment after the other.
Because it's on topic...
For 35mm film this video isn't very good. The low contrast and unsaturated colors tell us the makers of this video didn't know what they were doing.
Back in the days people was talking about 16 mm film unless a movie. I believe movies was shoot horizontal and not vertical in crop format. Must fun for young people to explore analog. I love all the things I can so easily do digital. But for the arts I suppose analog is attractive. As long as the art is still the image and just the technical aspect :)