Essay Archive - Film Development
Film Development
The instruction I will be providing are for the Bucket Method for
developing motion picture film. Primarily it is used to develop Super 8mm
and 16mm film. This recipe is stolen and reworked from those directions
provided by Alex Mackenzie, who regularly runs workshops on hand-processing
at his Blinding Light Cinema in Vancouver. Alex is a dear friend of the
family and a chief reason why I am now looking into filmmaking. In my
directions, I will refer to Super 8mm film, primarily because that is what
most poor, independent filmmakers use. So now I will explain the process
which I find amazing, film developing.
The Bucket Method....
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