10-03-2005, 12:49 AM
Quote:Yes, the color is spruce green. And yes, it is because of the way it can photograph as blue, given the correct lighting & costume design. This is an intentional technique used by cinematographers because a green object\'s image will develop clear and will print dark. After the color-timing process, the spruce green looks more like navy blue on film than the ACTUAL color of navy blue, which tends to appear too robust in well-lit scenes, and too dark in low-light scenes. Just ask Dean Cundey. Or Steve Posey, for that matter. This technique has been employed since color film came into use. It\'s done with a countless number of colors. Generally speaking, however, people who produce masks & costumes in honor of their favorite films aim to produce them as they appeared on-screen, not as they actually were.I knew it!! Be careful about that last part, about the Part 5 mask. You\'ve got some Brains around here that \'know it\' man. Just watch your back tonight. :lol:
Since this is a fairly common bit of film production trivia, one always wonders why people discuss it at such length, or act as though it\'s up in the air, maybe one, but MAYBE the other. This was not a happenstance mistake, or a low-budget concession. There\'s no mystery. Now, the trick that GBeninati revealed on how to make a costume apppear as it was ON FILM is something I was curious about. Thanks! I\'m trying that this week!!
p.s. You can bet that David Miller used the same technique when he painted the hockey masks for the film. Those markings were not actually light blue. They were most likely a darker, luminescent blue. The masks themselves were probably layered with different tints of light yellow, which photographed as greyish-white. This is not a special secret! This is what I do for a living. I promise it\'s true! Pin this explanation!!
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