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How can I achieve this look?
Hi all,
I have some “standard” HD video footage, shot outdoors, properly exposed etc and would like to try and grade it to look something like this look:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcIvm0YW_6ACan anyone give me some pointers to the best steps to do this?
Many thanks,
Jimi
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3 Replies
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What plugins do you have? You will need something to change exposure which is a characteristic of hand crank. There is plenty of edge fog and color shifts.
Some of the film emulations like Boris might help. Digital Anarchy have a free plugin called flicker freak which adds flicker nd exposure changes. You might be able to find overlays that will help with the fog and color changes. Softening and adding a bit of motion blur might also help sell the old look and maybe a bit of blooming with a glow type plugin.
Without seeing the images you wish to treat its a bit hard to say what to do grade wise. This old film seems to punch the orange and red.
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You might also look at the “film clutter” and similar files you can overlay as composites from Rampant Design Tools:
rampantdesigntools.com
The speed-jerky thing would be tough to do unless you specifically shot it at 12fps and then played it back at 12fps and then doubled the frames to create that kind of silent-movie look. Hand-painted B&W film from the 1910s and 1920s has a very peculiar look, particularly when you consider this is nitrate film, which has that highlight glow thing going on.
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Thanks Michael and Marc,
That’s a big help.
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