Day for Night Filters

[Phil_D.]

Hello!

Does anyone have any experience with Day for Night Filters?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Phill-

 

[Solomojo]

Re: Day for Night Filters

Magic Bullet Editors has a nice preset filter called suprisingly "Night Time" that does a very nice job. Make sure your original footage is well exposed before applying this filter. Otherwise you can tweek it on the post gamma.

 

[pookie_old]

Re: Day for Night Filters

Shall I assume Phil, you mean physical, as opposed to post, filters?

 

[Phil_D.]

Re: Day for Night Filters

Yes, Pookie - I was thinking of Physical Filters - thanks for clarifying.

 

[pookie_old]

Re: Day for Night Filters

Phil, when you shoot with an DFN filter, shoot with about a one-stop underexposure from the UNFILTERED settings (you'll need to experiment to find what you're looking for).

Use the Cool Day-for-Night for a blue moonlight.

Monochrome Day-for-Night is used with subsequent color timing to create a more "silvery-moon" effect.

It is also important to make sure auto white balance is off.
Try not to shoot any sky, and backlight whenever possible, and obviously, don't let any shadows into the shot.

 

[Phil_D.]

Re: Day for Night Filters

Thanks for the info!