Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
And I have to respectfully disagree about the extensive color timing done for Jackson's LotR. He got the colors he wanted that were simply not available in the actual photography, no matter how true to color it may have been. The example that comes most quickly to mind is the lush green of Hobbiton, which was simply not there during original photography.
So, with the tech toolbox now available, what's a filmmaker to do? Leave the drab green that 35mm film captured perfectly? Or render the color timing to result in beautiful green for the fantasy film?
As long as he leaves it that way. It's not like Jackson went mucking with the color after the release. He modified it to create what he wanted for the cut of the film.
Too many of the scenes lacked all sense of subtlety in the way movement was portrayed or in the way emotional reactions like pain or worry were portrayed.
And I have to respectfully disagree about the extensive color timing done for Jackson's LotR. He got the colors he wanted that were simply not available in the actual photography, no matter how true to color it may have been. The example that comes most quickly to mind is the lush green of Hobbiton, which was simply not there during original photography.
So, with the tech toolbox now available, what's a filmmaker to do? Leave the drab green that 35mm film captured perfectly? Or render the color timing to result in beautiful green for the fantasy film?
As long as he leaves it that way. It's not like Jackson went mucking with the color after the release. He modified it to create what he wanted for the cut of the film.
Too many of the scenes lacked all sense of subtlety in the way movement was portrayed or in the way emotional reactions like pain or worry were portrayed.
Some worked beautifully; Lothlorien, the Black Gate, some of the Frodo/Sam stuff at the Cracks of Doom, Gimili's mourning in Moria, Gandalf's death the death of Theoden. Others were overblow, such as the Denethor stuff and the weird "Sauruman is possessing Theoden" thing.