film colorists should be regarded as the group with the highest income in the color industry. The high income is not without reason. The different shades of
can express different emotional atmosphere, warmth, coldness...all with the hands of the colorist. This is also the reason why movies seem to be more advanced than TV shows. of course. Many major American dramas are graded according to the film-level pictures, but after all, it’s a major production that can afford to play...
now whether it is a pursuit video creator, film and television drama post-production staff, or post-photographing Practitioners such as graphic posters are trying hard to learn color to make their works have the high-level sense of film.
So, what is the high-level sense of the movie? It gives people a sense of calm color picture, large dynamic range of light, and sharp contrast between warm and cool colors.
Dutch style abstract master Kandinsky said: " color is a means that can directly affect the soul. " Undoubtedly, the study of "color" was first applied to the field of painting. The classical period has adopted color contrast and harmony, until the impressionism emphasized the subjective performance of color.
and the application of color to the limit is undoubtedly film grading. Many novice colorists at are always a little confused when matching colors, because the more advanced color matching, the more sensitive to subtle changes in color. If they cannot break through the color matching barrier quickly and effectively, over time, it is easy to form a fixed routine, leading to The style of the work is difficult to break through. How does
understand the advanced and ordinary colors? There is a very common example. After you watch an episode of a TV series, immediately open a blockbuster movie with a high box office, and then you will be able to experience what is called a sense of luxury.
Today we will learn how to use these advanced colors in those classic blockbusters. The color grading in
film
The final effect of a film is closely related to the director's personal style, the photographer's shooting technique, and even the film or digital camera and other equipment. However, in the digital age, films shot on film still face issues such as digital conversion and distribution. In this process, colorists have become the link between the two. They have completed many key links such as digital intermediate production, film color restoration, and DCP production. In terms of style and color, age and beauty, adjustment of details, polishing of time, etc., colorists need to work hard to form the colors that audiences finally see.
Generally speaking, the first step of a film colorist’s job is to watch the edited demo of the entire film before coloring the film images, and be familiar with the plot, ’s emotional changes in the characters, the context of the story and the photography A preliminary understanding of the guided shooting style.
Example: "Master"
on,
before color grade,
after color grade,
in the second step and look at the first batch of completed original material files again. At this time, I will have a general idea of the color grading style of the film. The next step is 's discussion on "How to Stylize" and the director and director of photography.
then began to work, constantly polished the details, polished the time, polished the film style.
For example, in period dramas, in order to preserve the sense of color, it is required that the picture cannot be processed by reducing the saturation and increasing the contrast, but it must also reflect the quality of the picture. On the basis of not reducing the saturation of the picture as much as possible, the main body in the picture needs to be adjusted in detail to increase the picture texture. The overly prominent colors need to be processed separately to make the overall tone of the picture more in line with the unique chronological style of the movie.
Example: "Master"
before the upper grade
after
lower grade
is especially difficult to polish time, many times a continuous scene needs to be shot for many days, the sky changes quickly, sometimes the light is strong, sometimes it is dark Boring, this is very challenging for post-grading. The shadows created by the light cannot be changed, and a lot of effort must be made in the overall picture when toning to reduce the sense of jumping and unify the whole scene.
Coloring Appreciation in Classic Movies
"Interstellar": Master-level "Interstellar" is an original science fiction adventure film directed by Christopher Nolan, bold and richThe use of color matching is a master-level operation.
In the earth scene, the sunny scene, the bright part is mainly warm yellow. On cloudy days or under low illumination, the bright parts are mainly purple-red or light yellow with very low saturation. Usually green and blue will be particularly strong. Such as rice fields, cars, sky, shirts, etc. The shaded area of the picture will be biased towards cool colors.
This is in sharp contrast with the space scene in the movie. In the
space scene, the bright part on the frozen planet is light yellow, and the dark part is dark green, or cyan with very low saturation. Due to the dense clouds, the picture saturation is low. On the tsunami planet, the bright part is warm yellow, and the dark part is also dark green. Due to sufficient light, the picture is transparent and the saturation is high.
Frozen planet
Tsunami planet
On the other side, in the Fortitude and Pathfinder spacecraft, the color of the picture is similar to other space scenes, and it is mainly warm yellow and dark green. The lenses in other space are mostly orange with different saturation and green. Blue, gray, etc.
It should be noted that not all the dark parts of the picture are cold colors. Generally, skin tones and warm hue areas do not have cold colors. There are also some scenes that are mainly warm tones, which makes the picture more lively, and will not be completely immersed in the depressive cold tone. The
toughness and the
in the Pathfinder spacecraft are mainly warm tones
, and the skin color treatment "Interstellar Crossing" is also unique. The skin color processing uses saturation contrast and brightness contrast, which highlights the dramatic conflict. .
Kupu’s complexion is a rich brownish yellow, which fits well with his firm and courageous cowboy character, and contrasts sharply with his daughter’s pale complexion. In the scene where they are about to be separated, the use of color is very good to set off the characters' emotions, full of deep fatherly love, and the daughter is weak and helpless.
"Chongqing Forest": Hong Kong fan retro style color matching
Wong Kar-wai's movies have always had a personal aesthetic style. He is used to depicting a unique "decadent" charm of Hong Kong at the end of the century by focusing on color.
The various nostalgic tones from costumes to scenes in his films seem to be followed, admired and even imitated in the Hong Kong-style retro trend.
takes "Chongqing Forest" as an example. The main tone of the film is blue and gray, and the overall tone is hazy and cool. Among them are the bright colors of the costumes of the characters, the radiance of the "California Bar", and the warm colors of the city fireworks as a foil.
Sky blue, navy blue, and dark green, although they are cooler and darker tones, they give people a soft sense of coordination because of the similar colors. The background is filled with black and white gray tones. While showing the character's indifferent tension, there is no lack of feminine tenderness, just like the feeling that these three colors bring to people.
uses yellow and blue as the main color, with a combination of cold and warm, which has a strange texture. Faye Wong’s bright yellow figure is set against a dark turquoise background. Through the contrast of warm and cold tones, the beautiful and pure seems to escape the picture. The cautiousness reveals the unconcealable expectations, which reflects the girl trying to hide but she inadvertently reveals it. Showy and pure.
Everyone feels the visual impact of this warm and cold tone. The pink gloves add a touch of bright color to the overall gloomy tone, revealing the girl's worries about what she wants to say, and it's more playful, cute and quirky. The color of each frame of
is cast with a nostalgic texture, like a layer of natural filter, the Hong Kong style "decadent" charm spontaneously emerges.
These sets of colors are mostly based on cool colors, supplemented by a few bright colors as complementary colors to highlight the tension of the picture. The cyan-gray tone of the main body casts a layer of hazy texture on the original saturated colors, showing nostalgic and retro Flavor.
"Sydney: Vision of Reality": exquisite oil painting style and color matching
art is the same. Director Gustav Dechi keenly captured the connection between painting and film. He selected Hope’s 13 life landscape paintings, combined painting, reality and video to create a new audiovisual language, and produced the experimental film "Snow Li: Realistic Vision. As the heroine of the story, Sydney walked into Hope’s paintings and the American history album of the 20th century, leading the audience to experience the great changes of that era. The film
restores the exquisite color of the original oil painting and the beauty in the picture just right, although the narrative expression is somewhat obscure.It's hard to understand, but it can't resist the temptation of the picture. With this combination of colors, lines and light, every frame makes people want to take a screenshot.
color is coordinated and clean. It is modern conciseness and rigor, but there is no lack of oil painting colors. The saturation is extremely high, revealing intellectual beauty.
"Fight Club": Complementary color matching between cold and warm.
"Fight Club" is directed by David Fincher and starred by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. The impeccable logic of thinking and unexpected plot development make it 90 One of the most popular and frequently cited movies of the era.
And the strong plot can not make people ignore the subtle color matching of this movie. The film is a perfect interpretation of the corresponding match between orange and blue-green. The dark part is represented by blue-green, and the bright part is represented by orange, just like a person's heart is filled with various positive and negative thoughts to attack a complete individual.
uses cool colors such as blue, green or blue-green to show the closed, depressed, and cautious side of the character; while warm colors such as orange and red reflect the character's deep, bold, unrestrained, free, and outspoken personality. Through this contrast of complementary colors,
also highlights the contradictions of the characters, and the image of the characters becomes more vivid and full of tension. Emphasize the contrast with warm and cold tones, which can improve the vividness and outstanding effect and the tension of the picture.
"Budapest Hotel": "Dream" powder color matching
Genius Wes Anderson, an American film dream catcher with strong personal style and literary color, created the famous "Wechsler Aesthetics". I have seen many movies directed by him, and they are undoubtedly the classic presentation of warm yellow tones.
The movie "Moonrise Kingdom" directed by him is based on exquisite and colorful fairy tales. The warm yellow color sets the film's warm tone, reflecting the emotional color of warmth, bright, love and hope.
In the "Budapest Hotel", it was another attempt by him. The color scheme of this film is indeed extremely stunning. It is mainly pink, with bright colors, and the whole film is filled with dreamy colors, creating a feeling of dreaming, sweet, and pleasant to the body and mind. It can be said that the whole view The filming process is a visual feast.
This film is typical of movies with similar tones (pink tones), which creates a soft, calming and soothing sense of harmony. After the film is over, as if waking up from a dream, Fang Jue's "dreamy pink tone" brings out the nameless tragic, astringent, and meaningless.
movie color matching aesthetic palette recommendation
Although the real movie palette is only in the minds of directors and colorists, no one will look at the color palette when setting the scene, but the aesthetic palette of classic movies is indeed Can benefit everyone a lot. The following are 9 classic movie palettes for everyone to observe and learn.
"Les Miserables"
"Escape into Nothingness"
"Ghost in the Shell"
"Wolverine 3"
"Shawshank's Redemption"
"In the Mood for Love"
"Piano in the Mood for Love"
"Drunk Country"
"Drunk Country"
"The Piano Classic" Grading Appreciation
"The Great Gatsby"
before the upper grade
after the lower grade
"The King's Speech"
before the upper grade
after the lower grade
after the upper grade
the upper grade after the
233 After the lower grade
"Captain America"
before the upper grade
after the lower grade
"Burst Drummer"
before the upper grade
after the lower grade
