The Color of Money - What Film?

[StoneNYC]

By the way Stone, if we are talking about the title to this thread, it would be better if it had been:

"'The Color of Money' - What Film Stock was it shot on?"

True, but I was looking to catch people's attention, I notice that stupid titles that don't fully make sense seem to get more attention than ones that actually describe what the thread is about... Probably something to do with curiosity I suspect...

 

[Kitschretro]

oops wish i had noticed the replies just spent 20 mins looking online myself and felt smug coming back with the answer until i saw the replies

 

[hoffy]

I love threads like this. I'm often very curious to know and understand how cine is filmed.

Last night on TV, they showed Cool Hand Luke (11pm, on c90 for those Aussies). I was totally engrossed in the cinematography. The colors were great, as well as the detail (well as much as the digital representation showed on my remaining CRT screen)

While the specs just say technicolor, I'm curious to know how it got it's look.

But jeez, I miss that look.

 

[AgX]

Keep in mind that there are basically two kinds of Technicolor films: those made completely, thus also whilst taking, by means colour seperations, and those where only the release prints are made that way, by dye imbibition. "Cool Hand Luke" belongs to the latter.

 

[StoneNYC]

Keep in mind that there are basically two kinds of Technicolor films: those made completely, thus also whilst taking, by means colour seperations, and those where only the release prints are made that way, by dye imbibition. "Cool Hand Luke" belongs to the latter.

What is Dye Imbibition? Is that like hand coloring each frame?

 

[yulia_s_rey]

What is Dye Imbibition? Is that like hand coloring each frame?

Dye inhibition was the method that the technicolor used to make color prints (think Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz) In camera there was a beam splitter that seperated the primary colors on to three stocks, one isochormatic (blue) & two pan (green, finally red) in bi pack. The dye inhibition process was done in the lab to combine the three color seperations to make the color print, basically think of bleaching out the silver and having a 'contour map' that adheres the complementary color dyes proportinally and then "cementing" these perfectly together in exact registration. Fascinating technology. You can read all about technicolor at the following link:

http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/technicolor1.htm

I had a cinematography professor who worked in Hollywood in the 50s-60s, he used to joke to us that technicolor required so much damn light that you'd get sunburnt on the set. "Back in my day the fastest film we had was 3! (Weston)"

 

[AgX]

It is a term used for automated dye transfer from an image bearing, colour seperation gelatin matrix to a plain gelatin coated print material.
One of the basic technologies in natural colour photography.

 

[hoffy]

Dye inhibition was the method that the technicolor used to make color prints (think Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz) In camera there was a beam splitter that seperated the primary colors on to three stocks, one isochormatic (blue) & two pan (green, finally red) in bi pack. The dye inhibition process was done in the lab to combine the three color seperations to make the color print, basically think of bleaching out the silver and having a 'contour map' that adheres the complementary color dyes proportinally and then "cementing" these perfectly together in exact registration. Fascinating technology. You can read all about technicolor at the following link:

http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/technicolor1.htm

I had a cinematography professor who worked in Hollywood in the 50s-60s, he used to joke to us that technicolor required so much damn light that you'd get sunburnt on the set. "Back in my day the fastest film we had was 3! (Weston)"

Interesting read. That explains the unique lighting and that look.

The other one I have watched recently was the original Nutty Professor. The print is certainly saturated!