Getting this look

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randomname

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I realize that this is more of a color grading look, but I've been trying to figure out how to achieve the look in this video for a while now:

http://vimeo.com/30221187

Could someone help me figure out how to shoot/grade a shot to look like that?
 
You can start to get this look in camera if your camera allows some tweaking of settings.

I'd warm the color temp a little more than being accurate. I'd also desaturate. I'd lower contrast to keep the blacks nice and milky. I'd try to shoot in low light, maybe even getting lots of flares (which will help in dealing with contrast). I'd also mess with the lift/gamma/gain channels.

That 'hipster-matic' look of washed out and color tinted 'film' is mainly due to the emulation of how film deteriorates. Over time or if unproperly stored... the different layers of film emulsion will deteriorate, fade, or color warp at different speeds. So if you want to emulate that digitally, I'd start to skew red, green, or blue channel in the lift, maybe another in the gain, and mess around in the gamma color channels.

Play around and you'll start to get it.

Some cameras allow you to change shadow, midtone and highlight colors in camera, others do not. But you can aim for low contrast and lower saturation on almost any camera.

This can be done in camera, and if you're talented enough to do so, it's an utter waste not to.
 
to add to Ryan... also add magenta in the shadows and mids to varying degrees. anything else can be achieved in post. (Well it all can be)
 
Nothing... the lift effects the shadow area and the gamma effects is the mids. That's how it is in RCX

I was saying in order to do X, you simply change the Y settings. Y does X... they're the same, just different terms for the process.
 
And get a good sound person... Cause all those cool visuals mean nothing as the second you hear their bad audio the video screams "done by amateurs."
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
Nothing... the lift effects the shadow area and the gamma effects is the mids. That's how it is in RCX

I was saying in order to do X, you simply change the Y settings. Y does X... they're the same, just different terms for the process.
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Ah okay. Gotcha. Just curious.
 
purple shadows yellow highlights desaturate this is THE hipster cliche. Its more real 'cause it's like, er... pretending to be old, man!
 
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