Amelie DVX100

[Jerryv]

Hello everyone!

I want to create the 'Amelie' look with my DVX100b.
Ofcourse i know the 'look' is created with more than júst the camera
(such as the great art direction, lighting and post production) but i still want to know how i can create this almost 'greenlike' images... Is it possible?

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thank you!

Jerry

 

[Joshua Provost]

CHROMA PHASE adjusts from Green to Magenta. I believe if you set it in the negatives, it'll go Green. It is a subtle effect, though, so even -7 might not get you exactly what you want. The image also looks a bit warm, so changing COLOR TEMP also in the negative direction will get you a bit of that. May want to bump CHROMA LEVEL up a bit for more saturation and/or use the CINE matrix.

You'll have to experiment to find the right gamma setting, but it looks fairly high contrast, so maybe BLACK PRESS or CINELIKE_V? Maybe a softening filter as well, or just lower the DETAIL setting?

 

[Michael Carter]

A lot of filmed movies (and print ads) get looks like this via color balance. With film, it comes down to, say, using tungsten film with daylight, and filtering for an in-between correction... or using daylight film with tungsten lights, and not gelling the lights all the way to daylight... or using HMI's and gelling them a bit warmer... or greener... it's endless really. You can get some really pretty stuff by using daylight film (or color balance in the digital world), lighting with tungsten for backgrounds/etc, and picking out details with HMI or gelled lights.

Then of course there's tweaking in post - with still images, it's photoshop... with film, color timing (or even cross-processing). With DV, color grading, levels, etc.

Again, the possibilities are just about endless here, and it's where the real artists of cinematography (or photography) shine. The KICK-BUTT thing about digital? You can play & play & play without running up a giant lab-tab.

Want to learn a ton of stuff? Grab a fashion magazine, tear out the lighting you love, and try to figure it out with your own gear. You may never match it, but you're likely to discover a lot.

And remember - mistakes, entropy & anarchy are your friends here. Try to stop viewing lights, films, & CCDs as difficult things to figure out - consider them your playmates. Get your head in the "philosophical" space that all these materials -from zillion dollar HMIs to Home Depot work lights & bedsheets - have a world of secrets they are just dying to offer up - I've found that to be the case myself. Have FUN on your own, TAKE NOTES, and when the clock is running, you'll feel a little moe confident.