Question #1: Perfect Circle - Judith

I'm a video afficionado, really amateur... with no training at all, so
I thought I could start posting questions about videos and movies I
liked, I'm mainly interested in video and film post-production, as I
understand this covers editing, compositing and special fx.

last night I was watching a video directed by David Fincher for the
group Perfect Circle, the video title is Judith.

I dont know much about technical stuff, but I want to get into it, I
can work myself with Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Newtek Lightwave
3D...

Since there are no behind the scenes for music videos or at least
there isnt for the post production phase I'd like you to be as
descriptive as you could be...

This video (Judith) was shot on film as far as I can see because of
the grain and the smooth motion, am I right? there are a lot of
shaking effects and orange strokes....Im not sure but I think movie's
film comes positive, not negative like photo film...so, Im not sure
how they do the orange strokes, are those from manipulating manually
the film with a chemical or by scratching it with some edgy object or
is it the result of digitally manipulating the reel?

the shaking: is it an effect that resulted from the transfer from film
to video or was it digitally composed?

does anyone know what kind of hardware/software was used for this
video?
what about the lightning, camera and lenses?

thanks in advance for clearing this doubts out

 

Generally, no. While there are direct positive film emulsions (or
were at one time) by far most emulsions create negatives.

 

thanks for the info...so I guess the process is way more complicated than I thought

 

A traditional workflow might be;
Shoot original in-camera negative (negative emulsion)
create work prints or dailies are made from the original (negative emulsion)
edit the work print (only one picture strand with fades
and other effects marked with grease pencil)
create approval print (reversal emulsion or 2 negative emulsion passes)
match the original negative to the workprint (usually requires more
than one picture strand to accommodate dissolves and such)
create master print of movie (negative emulsion)
create duplication master (negative emulsion)
create distribution prints (negative emulsion)

Today many people take a digital detour
Shoot original in-camera negative (negative emulsion) or high definition
video
ingest the film or tape into the computer
edit and manipulate the digital video
create master print of movie (negative emulsion)
create duplication master (negative emulsion)
create distribution prints (negative emulsion)

Most of the stages typically use a negative emulsion. Negative emulsions
have more latitude and a more straight forward to develop. There can
be many more steps in the process of creating a movie, but these are
most of the basic steps.
David