On Monday, November 4th, the UGA MFA FTVDM hosted a special visit by KODAK’s Michael P. Brown on the history and use of celluloid film.
KODAK Film Lab Atlanta is one of the world’s few remaining full-service Motion Picture Film Labs, offering color negative processing services and high-res film scans for motion picture film. The lab employees a team of skilled celluloid crafts technicians who share a passion for shooting on film, and has processed for film and television projects like I Tonya, Hidden Figures, The Devil All the Time, Saturday Night, and The Walking Dead.
In this special KODAK hands-on class, Michael opened with a brief history of shooting on film, including the origins of the Eastman Kodak Company, the eventual rise of digital cinema, and the current importance of film as both an archival tool and an ongoing artistic choice in the entertainment industry.
Michael brought a massive selection of film history with him, including photographic plates from the late 1800s, brownie cameras from the early 1900s, as well as a celluloid film magazine used on The Shining (1980).
The class covered various types of film cameras, the chemical techniques used to develop film, and how to approach the choice and process of shooting on film.
Photos by: Eli Saliba