Old School Editing help required

[Dears]

Hello,

I just finished shooting my first film using a Canon Scoopic 16mm camera and Kodak Plus-X ASA 50 film. The film class I am in wont allow us to transfer the film and edit it digitally, we have to do everything old school (splicer, steenbeck, moviola etc.). My problem is that my film is seriously underexposed in places (I do not have time to reshoot it), is there any way to correct this? Or should I just edit it into some sort of montage? Should I attempt to scratch and or add color to the film?

Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Dears

 

[David Mullen ASC]

You didn't say if this was Plus-X neg or Plus-X reversal...

Assuming you cut the original and strike a print off of that, then you can time the print's image brighter. If you are cutting original reversal and projecting that with splices, then you're stuck with how it now looks.

"Seriously" underexposed, though, sounds like it should be reshot. Printed "up" (brighter) will tend to make it look milky & grainy depending on just how "seriously" underexposed it is. There will be a lack of shadow detail as well.

 

[Dears]

Thank You...I did end up re-shooting it.