tom clapson Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 im currently in pre production as dp for my final film at uni, and we are planning a few scenes with a sickly green lights similar to "Natural Born Killers" but not so the full set is illuminated green, more just sleceted areas down a corridor having this green glow. I will be shooting on a 5d mkii so will be open on changing colour temperature to help achieve this. what i need to know is which lights, gels, and colour temperature would create these greens? thanks for any help and advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted April 15, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted April 15, 2012 im currently in pre production as dp for my final film at uni, and we are planning a few scenes with a sickly green lights similar to "Natural Born Killers" but not so the full set is illuminated green, more just sleceted areas down a corridor having this green glow. I will be shooting on a 5d mkii so will be open on changing colour temperature to help achieve this. what i need to know is which lights, gels, and colour temperature would create these greens? thanks for any help and advice I believe those scenes used greenscreen tubes in the fixtures, which put out a very narrow bandwidth of pure saturated color. If you don't want to go that far, you could try setting your camera to 3200K and then gelling Cool White tubes with full Plus Green gel or something similar. For more on special greenscreen tubes, see: http://kinoflo.com/Kino%20Flo%20lamps/Visual%20Effects%20and%20Designer%20Colors/Visual%20Effects%20and%20Designer%20Colors.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom clapson Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 cool thanks for that just orderd some lee filters full green and ill give it a try when they arrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Selby Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes always go for gels. Ask them to send you a swatch pack and then play around with one to find the perfect colours. Never rely on post production colour changes - get it right in camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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