Hampus Bystrom

Oh please don't go down the venetian blinds route, it's so, oh so gimmicky. Try to do something new with it instead, watch some old noir and try to develop it.

What the hell am I doing, I meant cross-processing of course. Any thoughts on this?

Wow man that's nice to know that there's a guy in SWEDEN (my country) who's actually recommended. Have to put that in mind for the future. For what it's worth, I also really agree that, this would be in Sweden, you could easily afford a six weeks shoot with a 35mm camera for something like 25-30K.

Right, I'm thinking of maybe push-processing the film for crazy colours. Any thoughts? Also, how did Doyle get these colours in happy together?

Yes, I noticed that aswell. But still.. it's 16mm right?

I've found some super16 footage on Vimeo which I love, check it out: http://www.vimeo.com/1209195 I asked the guy about the looks, and if maybe it was the expired 800ASA stock which gave the film it's heavy saturation. But I'm too eager to wait. If you look at the clip, it's really grainy. But that's actually okay with me.

Well okay, but when I push my negatives on still-film I often get increased saturation, but let's not get into that. However, I really don't think that the "desaturation" is that obvious, maybe in this perticular still but overall the film is pretty contrasty. But that might be, like XiaoSu said, due to underexposed faces and burned out practicals.

Is that a qualified guess or have you read it somewhere? Not that I doubt you, but you know.. always nice to know.

Yes! And this discussion really can't go anywhere without me testing things soon, I'll contact Kodak and Fuji and see if they'll sponsor a poor student with some test stocks (in order to buy loads of more, you give some, take some.) I just need to finish the script and see about how much you have to pay actors. How much is that? You don't have to answer that, it was rhetorical, but it can really give a man a headache. Again, many thanks, you've all been helpful

Sounds great, flashing does, but it might be a tad too much for my first project. The thing is, I shoot a lot of still film (Fuji Provia F and so on), and I just love the look that I get from pushing it +2 stops. So why do you think it's wrong XiaoSu Han? Too much grain? Maybe I'll save enough to shoot 35. As much as I love WKW what I really should have made more clear is that I want the look that Takashi and his cinematographer achieves in "Odishon". Which is deeply saturated colors with really muddy blacks.

How to you flash the negative? I've read about movies who did this and I find it very pleasing. Cheers

Overlooking the obvious fact that this thread is rather old, I'd like to piggy-back on it's essentials: For anyone who has seen "Audition", would you say that it's extremely sexy, awsome, beautiful or any other overused adjective, looks is more due to the art department? It has a colorharmony which is really balanced and good-looking, but it's saturation is equal to that of Kubrick's EWS. Anyone who might have some technical info on Audition or any interviews or something from it's extremely shy cinematographer; I would be enthralled. The look of that film is one factor which attracted me to making films, I just adore it so.

Sounds amazing, so if I understand you correctly, you just 'soak' the gel in soapy-water (and that's ALL) and sort of slime it to the window? Would've never thought it could work.

No problemo Johnny! By the way, I thought the 52/7219 was widely regarded as a flat stock in terms of colour?

Well maybe you're right, however! If you give me some great looking Vision3 examples I'll be really excited and work superduper hard and get all inspired!! It needn't be that accurate, but don't come rain on my parade! As long as I get really excited about a stock, I'll make the most of it. You bloody damper! (Sounded like some kind of english slang so I thought I'd throw it in.)

John, I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I would like to try some Fuji but my "sponsors" have a deal with Kodak so I get 46% discount on all 16mm Kodak stocks! Pretty, pretty good as Larry David would have put it. Adrian, if you can find any test or something just holler, would really appreciate it. I'll snoop around myself some.

Right, sorry guys. I always asks question to which I already know the answer. This case is a matter of testing. I just like discussing things with you people, you seem to hold so much wisdom! I won't get into an embarrassing confession here, but you're all just so god damn lovely. Tought that maybe I've missed some stock on the way, what is this deal with Vision3 anyway? When did they introduce this? I've just shot on Vision2 as far as I know.

Yeah maybe I'll do that, how is reversal for pushing? Well I often get free films from Kodak so I'm not complaining either! Cheers man

I really love the saturated look of EWS. Since the 5298 stock has been discontinued, is there any other stock that will grant the same results if pushed? I want to create this saturation for my next film, I'll be shooting with S16 but still.

I've seen some black and white RED-footage which I really liked. They had some sort of soft filter and added some grain and grittyness in post, really looked nice actually.

Yeah, I was in the city and was going to get that, but realized that I forgot my library card. Anyway, don't just get stuck on Kubrick, I love Kubrick but I'm also looking for books on other "artsy" directors (and their cinematographers). Sort of like Kar Wai, Kieslowski or Fassbinder.

Cheers Marc, I'll look into those.

Yeah this one was really great, wish you would upload it on Vimeo for less compression. The feeling was superb, which is something that good filmmaker can have without any apriori knowledge. Keep em coming

Thank you Nick! What do you mean by the titles of the film? I'm really glad you found the soundtrack fitting, I tried to create sounds that would stirr some emotions over the frames. The last shot was made from a bridge in Stockholm, I just tilted the tripod over and got a shot on the waves braking in. The film was transfered by Uppsala Bildteknik, I believe it was scanned somehow, haha.

Amygdala: http://www.vimeo.com/1150112 Shot with Beaulieu 6008S, two Tri-X reversal films. Music is fragments which I've put together and composed, made up of different noises to create a soundscape. You'll get the most if you watch with good speakers or even better with headphones. Cheers!