So what shutter speed was likely used in a movie like Saving Private Ryan? Seems like it would be pretty high. What other factors gave them that look?
There's a lot that goes into the look of a film. I'll answer the shutter speed question but first, from the Wikipedia entry on Saving Private Ryan:
"Kamiński had the protective coating stripped from the camera lenses, making them closer to those used in the 1940s. He explains that "without the protective coating, the light goes in and starts bouncing around, which makes it slightly more diffused and a bit softer without being out of focus." .. cont
"The cinematographer completed the overall effect by putting the negative through bleach bypass, a process that reduces brightness and color saturation. The shutter timing was set to 90 or 45 degrees for many of the battle sequences, as opposed to the standard of 180 degree timing"
Of course, this is motion picture film which is not the same as DV or HD. Your mileage may vary, especially when you consider the amount of movement in the frame and the speed of movement. If you want to reproduce this look, get the movement right first and then the color grading.
So what shutter speed was likely used in a movie like Saving Private Ryan? Seems like it would be pretty high. What other factors gave them that look?
dvines22 1 year ago
@dvines22
There's a lot that goes into the look of a film. I'll answer the shutter speed question but first, from the Wikipedia entry on Saving Private Ryan:
"Kamiński had the protective coating stripped from the camera lenses, making them closer to those used in the 1940s. He explains that "without the protective coating, the light goes in and starts bouncing around, which makes it slightly more diffused and a bit softer without being out of focus." .. cont
nwfilmschool 1 year ago
@nwfilmschool
"The cinematographer completed the overall effect by putting the negative through bleach bypass, a process that reduces brightness and color saturation. The shutter timing was set to 90 or 45 degrees for many of the battle sequences, as opposed to the standard of 180 degree timing"
nwfilmschool 1 year ago
@nwfilmschool
45 degrees = 1/192.
90 degrees = 1/96.
Of course, this is motion picture film which is not the same as DV or HD. Your mileage may vary, especially when you consider the amount of movement in the frame and the speed of movement. If you want to reproduce this look, get the movement right first and then the color grading.
nwfilmschool 1 year ago