Dreamaster said:
Puggo I’m sure you’ve already been asked this, but did you do color corrections to the Puggo Strikes Back or is this pretty much true to the print? Trying to figure out if all that blue hue in the wampa cave was added in or if it was really like that on the film.Color correction was done by Adywan.
With regards your question - “is this pretty much true to the print?”, it is important to understand the issues involved in capturing film. The film image is captured by a digital camera, for which a decision has to be made with respect to white-balance (among others). It’s not just a matter of grabbing what is there verbatim - the media are entirely different. Digital capture involves lighting, and ultimately a color model, and there are always decisions made at every step, and adjustments. It’s the same with printing a film, and projecting it. We will never know the exact, correct color, because there is always variation. I tried to capture it as close as I could based on my own eyes, and then had Ady correct it because I liked his color choices in earlier projects.
As for the Wampa scene - to my eyes it looked that blue on the film. Surprised me too.
(note this discussion really belongs in the PSB thread)
Sorry, I did not know this thread existed when I asked. 😃 Empire was the first movie I saw on the big screen when I was 5 years old. I remember that scene because it freaked me out! I don’t remember a blue hue… and then I had Empire on video tape and I didn’t remember it there either… sure enough a few days ago after watching Harmy’s Empire 2.0 (which is what made me originally go WHA?? on that scene) I downloaded the PUGGO Strikes Back, a laserdisc trilogy restoration, and the grindhouse Empire release from TeamNegative (CAN YOU SAY GLUTTONY??? OH MY GOD!!!) and I discovered that the grindhouse and the laserdisc didn’t have any blue, but yours does, and it looks like on Harmy’s FB page shows that the GOUT also has the blue tint.
So at some point… that blue got added in “officially” at Lucasfilm. But it kind of makes me a sad panda because I doubt I’ll be able to talk Harmy into dialing that back for Empire 3.0. LOL
Thanks for replying I really appreciated it!