Everyone is after the film look, which is a good thing, when making your movie look good. However I've noticed a lot of people are using computer color grading which is good, but it does give the digital look. It's because color grading is part of the digital age, rather than developing film.
A lot of tutorials on color grading try to make the movie look like an older movie, but it still looks computerized and not film natural.
It seems me to that if you want your movie to look like film, the best thing to do is not color grade at all. Than your movie looks closer to a 90s movie or older. And those movies have film looks, where as most movies from the 2000s and up, have digital looks. Even big budget Hollywood movies shot on film have digital looks. Skyfall was shot on film and even that looks a little digital, cause of the color grading, rather than going by the look of developing the film alone.
So it seems to me that the best way for getting your movie to look like film, is to not use computer color grading at all, or at least very subtly to get that 90s or older look. What do you think?
A lot of tutorials on color grading try to make the movie look like an older movie, but it still looks computerized and not film natural.
It seems me to that if you want your movie to look like film, the best thing to do is not color grade at all. Than your movie looks closer to a 90s movie or older. And those movies have film looks, where as most movies from the 2000s and up, have digital looks. Even big budget Hollywood movies shot on film have digital looks. Skyfall was shot on film and even that looks a little digital, cause of the color grading, rather than going by the look of developing the film alone.
So it seems to me that the best way for getting your movie to look like film, is to not use computer color grading at all, or at least very subtly to get that 90s or older look. What do you think?
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