8mm Forum: THE COLOUR BLUE

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Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 01, 2013, 07:38 PM:

I've noticed on this forum of late, the criticism of films that have
a blue caste, eg; " The Empire Strikes Back", "Fantasia 2000"
on the bootlace, but no mention of how the professional cinema
prefers this blue colour caste to cover up their "Dodgy" special
effects ala the "Lord of the Rings" extravaganzas. Comments please.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 02, 2013, 12:36 PM:

I've hated this bluish caste to the color spectrum of modern features, (Hugh, if you would like them, I have the screesnshot comparison from original release to the re-release of "Empire" as a WORD file, please let me know if you would like them)

Way oversaturated. If your speaking of super 8 prints, I haven't seen a feature print of "Empire" with a bluish caste. However, I have seen the 400ft LPP print of Empire part 2, and it certainly has a bluish caste to it, most noticeable in the space shots.

Posted by Graham Sinden (Member # 431) on March 02, 2013, 06:53 PM:

Better blue than pink [Big Grin]

Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on March 02, 2013, 07:09 PM:

Years ago I had an Empire print that had a blueish-green cast but it wasn't the German version as I have a print and it is perfect.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 03, 2013, 07:48 AM:

I got an "Empire" from that print run and your right Larry, absolutely spot on!

Posted by Christian Bjorgen (Member # 1780) on March 03, 2013, 10:12 AM:

If you wanna see annoying bluish casts you should check the first "Resident Evil" film. It's like it was filmed through seven billion cyan filters.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on March 05, 2013, 12:25 AM:

Hugh, I think the original lab prints from studio negatives have a little better control over color than our reductions; everyone would've been seeing blue at the cinema for years if that were a problem.

Posted by Thomas Murin, Jr. (Member # 1745) on March 10, 2013, 10:39 PM:

Here's an interesting article on color timing for home video, specifically the new 3D Blu-Ray of Top Gun:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/the-3rd-dimension/update-on-top-gun-3d

Posted by Joerg Polzfusz (Member # 602) on March 11, 2013, 05:29 AM:

5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on March 15, 2013, 09:55 PM:

Christian, has picked up on the point I was trying to make, in that
modern film has this theme of BLUE in every film of the fantasy
genre, and we as the paying public accept this, the de-saturated
colour that would have been done as well if not better in B/W.If
we accept this as the norm in modern cinema, then what argument against the eastman faded prints that appear on the second hand markets? At least they can to a certain extent be colour rectified.If blue is acceptable, what's wrong with red?
Osi, that is most kind of you to offer these comparisons, but
my skills with technology are limited,

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