The phrase
"film grain" refers to the tiny specks or grains that appear on old-fashioned photographic film. It adds a textured or grainy appearance to the image, which some people find nostalgic or artistic.
Full definition
The image is clear and possesses a noticeable layer
of film grain in many scenes, and the image detail is better than expected.
There's a bit of softness to the picture and a level of
fine film grain most evident in darker shots.
Lastly, even in the darkest parts of the picture, a shimmering veil of 16
mm film grain is a near - constant presence.
There's a healthy dose of
film grain evident throughout and the overall result is a very film - like presentation.
The black - and - white transfer is crisp with just a hint of
film grain left for texture.
The results are compelling —
nice film grain, abundant detail, and moderate saturation.
Fine
film grain ensures the preservation of detail, and there are no print or digital defects to be found.
The fine
film grain present would suggest that this may have been an artistic decision rather than a disc issue, and it's not enough to seriously distract.
There is no troublesome evidence of edge - enhancement techniques, and while there is a fairly healthy layer of
film grain here, I suspect some grain - reduction techniques have been employed.
The overall image quality is somewhat soft, and there's an
obvious film grain overlay in use here.
The image looks like a great 35 mm print from the era should, boasting the right amount
of film grain and picture detail.
It should be noted that there is very
light film grain visible in this image, as there should be — it's not been cleaned away — and it's a bit stronger in optical shots.
The game also oozes that cinematic feel all the kids are talking about these days with a subtle
film grain effect and Michael Bay-esque explosions.
The natural
film grain looks balanced and authentic, colors pop with a renewed vibrancy, and fine object detail is truly impressive!
Disney's approach to restoration was witchcraft in those early days of the format: Regarding celluloid as a transitory delivery system for animation, Disney archivists (somehow) managed to leach the image of
film grain without harming fine detail.
Ready at Dawn's proprietary RAD 0.1 engine allows for an immense amount of pixels on the face along with
authentic film grain, while natural light diffusion on skin and lens curvature emulations make themselves apparent across the various scenes in the bulk of the title's exposition.
Though film grain is present, dust - busting / noise - reduction efforts have left the picture a mite soft overall, and I'd love to see what it looked like before the processing.
Moments of seeming «home» footage speckled
by film grain punctuate the film, bridging years of life and marriage as the film progresses.
As examples two people who uploaded a tiny mod to
remove film grain have been hit with DMCA requests, and the mods have been removed.
The fight choreography, ferociously edited by O'Connor's team of four editors and shot with
textured film grain by Masanobu Takayanagi, is appropriately painful and gritty.
The image, transferred at the 1.78:1 HDTV aspect ratio, has a layer of soft, era - appropriate
film grain throughout and is remarkably clean, though it occasionally exhibits a mild degree of gate weave.
There's a lot of variety to his grit and wooziness; handheld cameras and squiggling,
bacterial film grain are part of his aesthetic, but so are diffusion filters and Brian De Palma-esque split diopter shots.
The computerized black and white look and all the
fake film grain stuff that was meant to evoke nostalgia got pretty grating at times, but I understand that they were good cheats to make the concept more effective.
The film started like an episode of The Twilight Zone, from the opening narration of some off - screen figure and
faux film grain, and every time the story would run out of steam, a strange twist would invigorate everything.
The film also has an exceptionally organic feel to the image with natural light elements, diffusion, and
stark film grain.
THE BLU - RAY DISC Shot in 35 mm, The Normal Heart gets a lovely Blu - ray transfer with a fine, velvety layer of
film grain just visible in most shots.
The master might have been OK, but the DVD picture suffered from an abundance of edge enhancement, creating strong halos that interacted poorly with the
heavy film grain to create MPEG - 2 mosquito artifacts.
Maybe it's a nostalgia thing, but when I start up a movie on Blu - ray and see an old - school Columbia Pictures logo that's dancing with the sort of golf - ball -
sized film grain I remember seeing on the big screen at the Cooper Theatre downtown, well, it makes me feel good inside.
My biggest complaint would be regarding an absurdly
aggressive film grain filter, which is fine most of the time, but in particularly dark scenes it's a vulgar haze across the screen, making the game look honestly worse than it actually does.
However, while a
native film grain gives the picture a natural film - like appearance, the grain is also rather severe at times, especially during the undersea sequences.
Thankfully, Paramount keeps the heavy layer of
film grain inherent in this print, opting out of any DNR (digital noise reduction) applications.
While the telecine scan appears to be the same as the previous release (which is fine, as it is excellent, with
film grain happily preserved), the color timing of the new release has swung dramatically back in the direction of the original release prints.
Reteaming with Emma Stone on the project, Sandgren brought a documentary feel to the drama, with gorgeously
soft film grain and an interesting goal in mind: To create a film that not only depicted the»70s, but was shot in the style of movies made in that period, a pivotal and still influential moment in American cinema.
The image is surprisingly good, given its provenance, with
chunky film grain and the bonus of an old - school R - rating card at the start of the movie.
Yes, I'm talking
about film grain, that reality of celluloid that modern films have been so effectively been scrubbing away in the new film - to - digital - and - back post-production process.
The transfer on this Blu - ray Disc, encoded using the VC - 1 codec and letterboxed to 1.85:1, is all but completely free of noise — I detected just a hint of some, more a subtle twinkling than anything
resembling film grain.
features a strong transfer with nice color reproduction, surprising detail, and a healthy layer of authentic
film grain intact.
Kaleidoscopic colours, and
film grain rendered via capture on analogue stock, hold up magnificently even when projected digitally.
The lack of untoward digital manipulation results in a nice film - like feel, particularly with a noticeable level of
film grain retained.
The mode seems to have fairly robust controls, giving players the ability to tilt the screen, rotate around a scene, change the focus distance, f - stop, and depth of field on the camera, change the brightness and exposure, and
add film grain.
ReShade has a generic way of correcting a number of game imperfections like saturation, blurring, cross-processing, screen space occlusion,
film grain among others.