Low contrast film

In a packaged, unexposed silver halide motion picture color negative photographic film comprising red, green and blue color sensitive records, having Film Speed and standard commercial ECN-2 processing conditions indicated with the film or its packaging, the improvement wherein on the characteristic curve of status M density versus log E for each color sensitive record which results from normal exposure of the film through a step wedge, wherein an exposure of 9.2/(Film Speed) lux-seconds is generated for an 18% gray card, and processing with the sequential standard ECN-2 processing steps of Pre-bath (10 sec), Remjet Removal (20 sec), Developer (3 min), Stop Bath (30 sec), Wash (30 sec), UL Bleach (3 min), Wash (1 min), Fix (2 min), Wash (2 min), and Final Rinse (10 sec):

• (1) a straight line, which connects the point at density Dmin+0.1 and the point at 1.5log E above the exposure required for density Dmin+0.2, has a mathematical slope .ltoreq.0.50;
• and (2) the difference in log E is .gtoreq.1.7 between the point 0.9log E above the exposure required for density Dmin+0.2 and the point where the density difference is 0.1 between the curve and the straight line which results from a linear regression of the three density points at exposures 0.3log E, 0.9log E, and 1.5log E above the exposure required for the density Dmin+0.2;
• and (3) the difference in log E is .gtoreq.1.20 between the exposure needed for density Dmin+0.1 and the point that corresponds to the exposure, in lux-seconds, of 9.2/(Film Speed).