Ashley Barron Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Hello! I need to find out what gel is being used in this scene and on what fixture. I have applied Rosco Red to both a fluoro and a 1k Baby but both results are very red on the skin tones. This reference feels more pleasant on the skin tones. Any suggestions would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hal Smith Posted February 14, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted February 14, 2010 Which Roscoe Red did you use? It's hard to tell off an uncalibrated screen but it looks like R25 orange-red to my eye. I built custom gelstrings for my scrollers and use R25 rather than a primary red because it does look better on actors. IMHO an incandescent fixture is going to look better behind red gels than anything else because of their continuous spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 14, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted February 14, 2010 Kind of reminds me of Flame Red, but any number of reddish gels could be timed in post to match each other, so you can't really tell by looking at a frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 It also could be a Red with an Amber combo... With all that can be done in Post it is nearly impossible to tell what was exactly used. Same is true for the lamps... it could be (for example) a 1k... or a 2k scrimmed down... It is more important to know how to achieve that 'look' than 'exactly' how that one was accomplished. I would find something (or a combination of somethings) from a Lee swatch book and tweak the rest in post. The funny thing is, if you do not take this sample to your colorist (grading session), you may very well come up with something even better (for you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 14, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted February 14, 2010 I think the point there is that that isn't red, that's orange, and it wouldn't actually make a very good safelight! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I think the point there is that that isn't red, that's orange, and it wouldn't actually make a very good safelight! P Especially with the light leak at the bottom of the kitchen window! It makes for a nice image tho. Without the color contrast it would be pretty bland. I think the DP was wise to take that 'artistic license'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago Benet Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 there's a rosco color R 325 its a kind of new color. It looks just like that on the eye. I have used on my lighting design for theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy yniguez Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hello! I need to find out what gel is being used in this scene and on what fixture. I have applied Rosco Red to both a fluoro and a 1k Baby but both results are very red on the skin tones. This reference feels more pleasant on the skin tones. Any suggestions would be great! the scene is that of a photographic darkroom with the safelight on. safelights for black and white photography are normally dark amber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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