Cinelicious “Digital to Film” Process for Apple TV’s THE GORGE


Skydance and Crooked Highway collaborate on genre-mixing thriller The Gorge for Apple TV. Cinelicious was called on to create a beat-up, archival, 16mm film print that the main characters (played by Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) discover in a long-forgotten WWII-era laboratory. The print needed to feel like it was distressed and age-appropriate for the story. The physical film reel was used as a prop on set and actually projected while filming the scene, providing a key plot point to unlock the mysteries of The Gorge. Cinelicious used a combination techniques to achieve the final 16mm print: Scanning Super 8mm shot on set, then using a “Digital to Film” process where the digital Super 8mm scans were shot out to 16mm, then physical aging / distressing of the resulting 16mm print. Click here to a see short sample clip (no spoilers).

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