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Post #987352

Author
DrDre
Parent topic
Raiders of the Lost Ark HDTV 35mm LPP regrade
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/987352/action/topic#987352
Date created
24-Aug-2016, 6:56 AM

Papai2013 said:

DrDre said:

Here’s an example for the bar scene.

35mm LPP:

WOWOW:

WOWOW matched to 35mm LPP:

Forgive me, but an oil lantern does not glow blue, it glows with a yellow-golden hue. The 35mm colour cannot be correct. Surely Spielberg and Douglas Slocombe knew what a glowing lantern looks like. The WOWOW colour looks perfect. It’s the details that one must look into, I think, not just a source to grade properly. Also, In the 1980s and '90s the projection lamps used to be yellow, I think. So, any film projected would have actually looked warmer than how it appeared on the print itself. I am not an expert, but the 35mm colour looks grossly wrong and I do not think Spielberg wanted a yellow lamp to look blue in 1981.

P.S: Just felt a strong earthquake, shook the entire building. Whew, was a strong one. Our dog hid under the sofa.

This is what the unfaded print looks like, which is also consistent with the 35mm trailers from the era, and the screenshots of the early VHS release I posted. The warm bulb might add a little warmth, but in the same way that the warm setting on your tv will make it appear a little warmer. It will not make blue/white light appear yellow/orange like for the WOWOW. These are the colors of an unfaded print release print, as such it by definition cannot be grossly wrong.