![]() ![]() The short demo film “The SoLUTion” the key light is opposite the camera in the bar scene and edit suite scene. Filming with the camera pointing towards the key light or just off the axis of the key light helps replicate the movie look. It is a very different look to the typical TV look where the key light is typically placed in line with or to the rear of the camera. This technique can be used to create a dramatic look deep shadows on the actors faces. It should also be noted in the exterior shots how the greens of the plants and foliage in the background are subdued compared to the teal and orange tone.įeature films and drama often use lighting where the main key light is place opposite the camera. In the bar scene I used additional lights with blue and red gels to add blue and red reflections and highlights that work well with the LUT. This creates nice blue highlights on the edge of the computer monitor. Examples of this can be seen in the video where in the first scene the actresses face was lit with a warm light while cooler daylight comes from the windows behind. ![]() Other techniques, such as mixing tungsten balanced, warm lights for faces and skin tones, plus daylight balanced cooler lights for backgrounds, can also further increase the contrast between the faces of the actors and the rest of the scene. In the short film I shot to demonstrate the Blockbuster look, I chose an orange/brown top for the actress and a blue shirt for the actor to work in sympathy with the LUT. The use of teal or orange clothing and props can further enhance the effect. It tends to work best for darker scenes such as interiors or night scenes, but most exteriors will also work well. The look works well across a broad range of scene types and lighting. Meanwhile faces and skin tone will strongly contrast with the rest of the scene. The end result is a modern, slightly blue-ish “steely” look with strong contrast and deep blacks. The green saturation is slightly reduced to make the teal and orange tone stand out. Then skin tones and similar pink to red shades are isolated and shifted slightly towards orange and the saturation of these tones is increased. So even a white shirt will have a slight teal tint. Then a teal tint is added to the entire image, whites included. The Blockbuster LUT works by first increasing the overall contrast making shadow areas quite dark. The complimentary colours typically used in many blockbuster movies are teal and orange. It soon proved popular enough for Sony to suggest I shoot a promotional clip to show off the potential of LUTs with their cameras and, as part of that production, I came up with ideas for enhancements that resulted in a V2 version.Ī common method used to create a stylised look for a movie is to not just increase the luminance contrast but to also increase the colour contrast by using complimentary colours, colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. The Blockbuster LUT was created to mimic the look of many recent summer blockbuster movies. ![]()
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