Okay, I'm terrible at naming my looks, but here's a breakdown of a look I did for a TV commercial I finished last month. I was wanting to give the footage the feel of intelligence, subtlety, and class, so I...
I was watching Gran Torino a while ago and noticed the unique look it had. I planned on doing a post about it back then, but soon after things really picked up with getting ready for the baby. A week...
The "Iso(lated) Color" look = key one color (often red) and desaturate the rest of the image to black and white, leaving the keyed color. This look can be very tricky, & production design is crucial. You'll probably need to...
A cool variation for the blockbuster look is to add very soft circle vignettes around the edges and push hues inside them. It works best with aggressive color casts in vignettes of blue or green. It's unusual, but a good...
Duotone = First make a black and white image, then push color into the mids only. A tritone variation would be black and white with two different (usually opposing) colors in the shadows and highlights only. Duotone isn't a look...