[Frameworks] FILM Ferrania Kickstarter: potential new color reversal film stock

[Scott Dorsey]

The thing is, Ferrania currently makes some acceptable quality C-41 still
films.  They are more grainy and less saturated than the similar Kodak
consumer film equivalents, but they are entirely acceptable.

If that film were to be slit down and perforated with cine-grade accuracy
(rather than the more sloppy perforation and slitting that are acceptable
for still film), I think it would have a small but dedicated market as it
is.  It would be fine in a lot of cameras.

I'm surprised that they are going for the reversal market but I think their
push is probably to get a still reversal film out there and while they have
the line running anyway to slit some motion picture film out of the deal.

The question is basically how small a line they have and how small a quantity
can they make in a run vs. how large a quantity can they sell.  The fact
that they're selling the same stock into both still and motion picture markets
means they can sell more of one stock and concentrate on getting that right.

I'm a little surprised though that, if they can slit motion picture film,
that they don't just take their existing C-41 stock and sell some of that
as a motion picture stock.
--scott