I'm curious what process you used to mimic B&W negative film (other than just desaturating); also, what camera was used? I'm looking at shooting a feature project on Super-8 color negative and going for this type of effect (I'm looking, also, at shooting 16mm b&w, since I own a camera, but would prefer the portability of Super-8 given the nature of the project). Let me know what process you used and how you got the look -- the grain is beautiful and if I hadn't been told it was color stock...
@Liontamarin I appreciate that. The look I liked the most on this was the footage shot on 500T, which gave me the grain. I thought overall the negative stocks turned out better than the reversal. The cameras were varied. The NYC stuff was on a Canon 814 Auto Zoom Electronic, while the subway, candles, and night street stuff was on a Canon 514XL. For the bridges, I used a Bauer C700XLM at 9fps.
@Liontamarin As far as the "de"-coloring, I used Digiffects Delirium Grayscaler plugin in After Effects and adjusted the different color channels. You should be able to use any similar plugin or filter to do the same.
@Feuillade That's true for black and white film, even yellow and orange can work well depending on how it's used. In this case, I used already colored film and made an attempt to mimic a black and white stock (not just by desaturating).
black and white from color neg. looks shockingly great.That music pushed it over the top!
Mr20054 4 months ago
@Mr20054 Thanks! Haven't heard this in awhile and it was fitting for Halloween (today).
x05e 3 months ago
I'm curious what process you used to mimic B&W negative film (other than just desaturating); also, what camera was used? I'm looking at shooting a feature project on Super-8 color negative and going for this type of effect (I'm looking, also, at shooting 16mm b&w, since I own a camera, but would prefer the portability of Super-8 given the nature of the project). Let me know what process you used and how you got the look -- the grain is beautiful and if I hadn't been told it was color stock...
Liontamarin 11 months ago
@Liontamarin I appreciate that. The look I liked the most on this was the footage shot on 500T, which gave me the grain. I thought overall the negative stocks turned out better than the reversal. The cameras were varied. The NYC stuff was on a Canon 814 Auto Zoom Electronic, while the subway, candles, and night street stuff was on a Canon 514XL. For the bridges, I used a Bauer C700XLM at 9fps.
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x05e 11 months ago
@Liontamarin As far as the "de"-coloring, I used Digiffects Delirium Grayscaler plugin in After Effects and adjusted the different color channels. You should be able to use any similar plugin or filter to do the same.
x05e 11 months ago
If you want the black and white to look better, use a red or a green filter over the lens.
Feuillade 1 year ago
@Feuillade That's true for black and white film, even yellow and orange can work well depending on how it's used. In this case, I used already colored film and made an attempt to mimic a black and white stock (not just by desaturating).
x05e 1 year ago