... I become knowledgeable on most subjects fairly quickly and wish to become versed in film stocks because I'm interested in producing the image I want to create...

While I've found a lot of information on the subject; I'm still not on terra firma so to speak...

Anyone interested in discussing the various types of film stock you can shoot on? And what images they produce? So on and so forth...

thanks.

do you mean specific stocks and emulsions, or the general differences between formats and reversal vs negative and B&W vs colour?

i'm into discussing these things, but have minimal actual experience.

... anything typically... I'm mostly interested with reasons for using types of film -- or more specifically, what types of: films, cameras, etc. -- produce certain types of images and how to get that image...

just open to anything really...

I'll put on my professor hat for a spell on this one.

Some basics on film stocks

Color vs. black and white: This is pretty self explanatory, but the advanced difference can be discussed later if you'd like.

Negative/Reversal: This refers to to whether or not the image on the film is positive or negative when processed normally according to the manufacturers specifications. There are further differences, but that can be discussed when we get more advanced.

Film speed: This is a reference to a stocks sensitivity to light. The higher the number the more sensitive (Faster) the stock. More info available here .

Color balance: For color stocks the relative sensitivity of the different color layers determine the lighting condition under which "White light" is perceived. Kind of a mouthful, but if you understand white balance for a video camera, it's basically the same thing. Not only that, but film stocks generally come in 2 different versions on that front: Daylight and tungsten.

Hopefully that's a good first stepping stone. If you want to jump into some more advanced stuff this is a good resource.

Nota "Long time y'all" Mono