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Reproducing Robert Richardson’s “Halo” look from JFK and Natural Born Killers
The cinematographer Robert Richardson does this thing with extremely strong lighting from the rear and above, causing a strong halo-like glow to come off character’s heads and shoulders (or the top of objects). Check out JFK (especially the Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones characters) and Natural Born Killers (especially the scenes where the two killer characters are in jail). What do you think the best way to reproduce this look in Cinema 4d is? I think I want to incorporate a shot or two like this in my thesis film. Luminance? Glow? Is there a way to do this without messing with materials – only lighting?
Tony
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Haven’t seen the movies but it sounds like a volumetric light thing
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He shoots with white pro mists on the lens so when the light is strong, the diffusion becomes much more obvious.
In C4D, I would try the post effect called “Highlights”. That should be similar if set right. Meaning less lens elements and more of the glowy part.
Although for most control, I’d render the specular pass separately and in the comp stage Do a diffusion effect (i.e. copy the layer, blur the duplicate and SCREEN or ADD it back over the original specular layer). Then change the blur amount and opacity of the duplicate to taste.
Chris Smith
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