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How Do You Get That Silent Film Pulsing Look in FCP?
So I have a final cut of a silent film, but it was shot on hvx. edited in FCP7.
Now I’m trying to figure out the correct filter(s) to give it the same sort of old silent film look as the first 30 or so seconds of this video (i suggest you turn down the volume if you don’t want to kill brain cells, or yourself):
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Some people do it with plug-ins, Nattress has a nice one for this in his G-Film set.
You could also do this by keyframing a change in brightness in the highlights channel using the 3-way color corrector in FCP 6 or 7.
Or by applying an effect filter in Final Cut to create “blooming”, and add vignettes.
Be careful not to bloom the video so much that your signal gets out of broadcast spec.
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Check out the guys over at https://www.Cinegrain.com. They have actual 8mm film stock (or 16mm, 35mm, light leaks….a TON of cool stuff) that you can overlay on ANYTHING. It’ll give you that super awesome film grain and make your stuff look legit.
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You might want to play around with altering the frame rate to help sell the look.
Part of the silent film look comes from the slower frame rate (often around 16fps) and the inconsistent speed due many of the cameras being hand cranked.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
Where were you on 6/21?
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A nice B&W, reduced frame rate (15 to 20), and MagicBullet for the 20´s touch:
– Flicker
– Gate
– Fade
– Sprotches
– Scratche/Microsratches/dust/grain..
A serious tool to make something really well done.
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thank you guys soooo much!! enormous help with many promising leads. so far between the blooming, the vignettes, the frame rates, and the grain…this is getting somewhere…
again, THANK YOU! about to see if cinegrain helps as well.
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