Day to Night simulation

[DirectorX]

Anyone have any experience shooting an outdoor scene during the day and manipulating the footage in post to make it look as if the events are occuring at night?

I remember the rock climbing scene in Deliverance was shot this way.

Any suggestions? Filters, lighting, effects, etc...

 

[indietalk]

Try not to show the sky. Use high angles and avoid the horizon or shoot where there is lots of foliage. The sky will give it away.

 

[AlexGg]

If there is a bright blue sky - it's good, b/c you can key it afterward pretty easy.

 

[CootDog]

Blue... Blue is the color to add in Post. I've done some tests for a competition. It was just a photo that we had to change to a dark stormy night. I used Combustion and added blue and just toned down the brightness alltogether. I might still have the original photo and the end result. If I find it I'll let you know.

 

[AlexGg]

It' will be useful!!! Please!

 

[jaxshooter]

Shoot for tungsten (T film if film w/o 85 filter and tell the colorist it's day for night,white balance on tungsten if shooting video) and underexpose by 1 and a half to 2 stops.

The bluish cast will work but personally I think it's a bit hackneyed and overdone.Also unrealistic a leftover from theatrical stage effects.

 

[jaxshooter]

I remember the rock climbing scene in Deliverance was shot this way.

Any suggestions? Filters, lighting, effects, etc...

I almost want to say they also did some sort of post technique,either in the processing or printing.There were some unrealistic highlights that added a very bizarre effect that worked really well.Skip bleach maybe???