Ken Minehan Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Hello Guys, Recently there was an American film crew in Singapore shooting a feature film "Singapore Dreaming". The DOP was Martina Radwan. I was not on the shoot, but my friends were as grips and lighting crew. They were telling me about lighting night scenes and using a gel called "chocolate". This is something i've never heard of and i assume rarely used in Singapore. What exactly is this and how is it used? Thanks Ken Minehan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Rosenbloom Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 It's really, really, really warm ... I think of it more for summer daylight through brown pollution haze than for nights ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael LaVoie Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Last time I remember reading about anyone using chocolate gels it was on Lost Highway. A.C. did an article on the film. Might have some useful tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Like previously stated Chocolate lighting gell is really warm. Sometimes it's used to mimick dirty looking street lights or just because the DP likes the warm color. It's more yellowy warm than orangey warm if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted November 17, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted November 17, 2006 May be was it for a night street scene and the gel used to make some sodium effect or some sort of street lamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Frank Barrera Posted November 18, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted November 18, 2006 I have used Chocolate Rosco #99 to enhance the skin tones of dark skin actors. Mostly for actresses with brown skin. It has a somewhat glamorous feel to it bringing out a goldish glow to the skin. I have tried it on lighter skin toned caucasian subjects and though it looks good I don't think it looks all that different than a CTO. Whereas 1/4 or 1/2 CTO on brown skin doesn't have the desired effect. I shot a short once with a south american boy with indigenous blood. His skin was already a nice golden brown and the Chocolate really made him glow. It enhanced his already sympathetic look. This effect was perfect for the story. I have never used it out side but would imagine that it would make any brownish elements in the scene have a warmish gold glow. F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Carruthers Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Last time I remember reading about anyone using chocolate gels it was on Lost Highway. A.C. did an article on the film. Might have some useful tips. peter deming seems to use alot of chocolate filters. he also used them in From Hell, i think the ac also did an artical on that film as well. Mullholand Drive might of had some chocolate filters too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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