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Saving Private Ryan
Hi all,
I’ve been working on trying to recreate a couple effects seen on Saving Private Ryan.
1. Ive been messing around with all the color effects, and though I know the possibilities are endless as far as color goes , it can be a bit confusing. I’m just not getting it right. Any ideas of how to accomplish the overall color of the film?
2. I also noticed, during the battle at the beginning of the film, it had a choppy look.Not sure if its a fps thing or what. Is it possible to recreate that with miniDV footage?
Thanx for reading,
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It’s called the “Bleach By-Pass” look (google it for a lot of hits on how this was done) and can be accomplished in several different ways.
If you have After Effects, there’s a tutorial on the Cow called Simple Bleach Bypass that shows you how to do it.
If you have Vegas 7 (the Pro version), then you have a light version of Magic Bullet Movie Looks and this may be a preset.
Otherwise, add the Color Corrector, lower saturation (e.g. 0.5) and/or add a s-shaped color curve.For the “choppy” (i.e. strobing) look, try changing the Undersample rate of the video clip.
This is done by right-clicking the video clip, selecting Properties and then lowering the Undersample rate.
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Some of the more subjective footage on the landing was shot with the shutter and pull-down claw purposefully placed out of perfect alignment. As a result, the negative was pulled down before the shutter was completely closed, causing a partial blur of the image.
It might be possible to accomplish something like this effect in video by the following: duplicate the video. Unlick, “enable snapping.” On the upper line, shift the image a tiny bit to the right, and slide the “Level” slider to the left until the combined images please you. Not sure if this will work, but worth a try.
Combining the above with the methods previously described of bleach bypass and a more choppy look may get you somewhat close to the Private Ryan landing look. If you do that, please post a link where others can see the results.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
email: Rick@RickWiseDP.com -
Great stuff, thanx guys!! I’m gonna give these methods a go later tonight. Let you know how it turns out. Thanx again.
Thanx for reading,
Carson
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