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I suppose this is part of the reasons that "Dune Was Shot on ALEXA LF, Transferred to 35mm Film, Then Scanned Back to Digital"

https://ymcinema.com/2021/12/03/dune-was-shot-on-alexa-lf-tr...

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That part is also known as "we had a very large post-production budget to consume so we decided to create a hell-ton of work out of nowhere". I've worked on a few digital-to-film-to-digital jobs back in the day and all of them were done not for the actual "look" properties of it but for transacting more money through the workflow.

If the above is true, it is sad and OK at the same time. Sad because it is wasted work and wasted human potential (imagine same money applied to voluntary work, social contributions, etc). At the same time, it generate jobs, which is not bad considering the levels of unemployment. Either way, I would prefer more people employed competing for digital plugins that are indistinguishable from this process.

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