I just finished my photography class in which we use D-76 Developer, Stop, Fixer, and other chemicals to make our film develope - This is still film, 35mm, My question is...

Are these the same chemicals they use in that bloody lab where they'll take my motion picture film and charge me money? Does it change if I use color film?

Thanks - Jim.

I believe it is a different process for developing motion picture film, and yes it does change with color, and the type of film.

There goes my bathtub film lab scheme.

D-76 - are you shooting black and white?

The process depends on the type of stock but is generally E6 for color. You need either a machine, a rewind tank, or a spin/swirl tank like the Russian LOMO to do it yourself. It's surely feasible if you already develop stills, but considering the cheap cost and convenience of lab processing, it's not often done with 16mm and up except for experimental effects.

Yes, we are using black and white. Would it be more affordable say if I were to do a feature on film, to self-develope?

Not really. And you certainly wouldn't want to hand-develop an entire feature - getting a consistent negative density would be very tough without electronically controlled baths, etc.