Special feature of 1905 film network The "filter" of domestic TV series has been hot searched again!From the gloomy tone of "Housewife", the ten-level beauty of "Love at First Sight" and "Lady Huzhu" to the "Knife Walking in the Snow" which was broadcast soon this time, the picture of "gray and green" made many viewers feel uncomfortable.
Nowadays, everyone’s general understanding of "filter" comes from the beauty function of mobile phone retouching software. In fact, there is no such thing as "filter" in film and television post-production, and the more accurate and professional concept is "color matching".
The color tone of a film and television work can not be determined simply by color matching, and the final picture effect can be presented by the cooperation of the departments of art, photography, lighting design and special effects processing in the later stage.
"Filter" becomes "green mirror"
"Every hair is glowing green." The costume drama "Fierce Knife in the Snow" starring Ruoyun Zhang is not only a slow-motion martial arts drama, but also criticized by netizens for its "green filter".
The director explained this in an interview, saying that this is the picture tonality that the play wants to pursue.
When shooting, they used a movie camera in the whole process, and the original image output in Log mode was gray and monotonous, which left a lot of room for them to play in post-processing. "The story of the first season is in the south of the Yangtze River and the south of China. In the historical environment, the deepest feeling is that the grass is green and humid, so I may give it a little more green ingredients."
From the view, it is obvious that there are many Shan Ye Woods in the background of the characters’ space. In this green scenery, coupled with a layer of gray-green tone, the picture looks green.
The director said, "Some scenes in the play need a heavy sense of black and white, while some areas are full of yellow sand, which is based on the story." However, judging from the overall tone played out at present, it is mainly gray and green.
Generally, in the color matching process of post-production, the colorist should do at least two stages of color matching. The first stage of color matching is to restore the true color of the shooting material, and then according to the story and style requirements, the second stage of color matching and details modification and improvement are carried out.
Color matching is not only for aesthetic feeling, but also for story and style. For example, different colors are used to tell different stories, and two completely different yellow tones are changed according to specific situations and expression purposes.
Therefore, the "green mirror" in A Fierce Knife in the Snow is not a problem. Perhaps the main creation wants to add an ancient elegant and simple atmosphere to the work, but this kind of green is also a cool green, which brings a sense of silence and oppression, and it is easy to aggravate the visual fatigue of the audience.
If we don’t make changes according to the style requirements of the story, we will over-render with one color tone and use the lazy method of "one-key filter" throughout, which will definitely put the cart before the horse, greatly affecting the audience’s experience of watching the drama and their sense of immersion.
For the sense of "advanced"?
It is not the first time that the simple and dim green tone of "A Knife in the Snow" appears. Since nirvana in fire, there has been a tendency for costume dramas to excessively imitate such gray tones.
At the same time, producer Yu Zheng is also the driving force of the color trend of domestic dramas. He created the gorgeous style of "Abao color" with "Palace Lock Heart Jade", which was popular for a while, and then created "Mo Landi color" with "Story of Yanxi Palace", which changed from the colorful color mix to this kind of low saturation gray color.
The color of Story of Yanxi Palace was well received, which led to the adoption of this Mo Landi color in costume dramas that are being launched in the future. From "Ode to Songs", "The Jade House is Spring" to "The Lady in Charge", the Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties have different historical dynasties and different stories, but they all use the same color, and the faces of the characters on the screen are becoming more and more "pale", and the audience is gradually getting tired of aesthetics.
Whether it’s the gray-green tone combined with natural light source and color matching, or the full-screen Mo Landi color, the domestic TV series has suffered from the "high sense" for a long time rather than the "filter".
Many domestic dramas’ thinking about high-grade sense of color is based on film sense, so there are many extreme stylized colors.
Suspicious dramas are the hardest hit areas. In order to set off the suspense atmosphere, a large number of pictures are dark, sometimes so dark that people can’t even see their faces clearly. For example, suspense dramas in "Fog Theater" such as "The Mystery of the Eight Diagrams Pavilion" or the preview pictures of the exposure of the new historical suspense novel "The Wind Rises in Longxi" all have such problems.
If it is to serve the suspense expression of a certain scene, it is understandable that this kind of tone style appears, but many plays simply pursue the so-called "high sense", and abruptly darken the picture, or even the exterior scenes during the day are all dark, which seriously damages the audience’s comfortable impression.
Some sweet pet dramas will use warm and soft light to create a sweet atmosphere, which is used too much, but there is no aesthetic feeling, resulting in the characters and pictures becoming foggy. For example, "I only like you" excessively uses warm yellow tones, as shown in the figure, not to mention the question of where the light source in this picture comes from.
"Excessive peeling" is also a common problem in domestic dramas, especially idol dramas. Beauty refinement has become a concealer for some actors to cover up their lack of acting skills or improve their face value.
Earlier, The Legend of the New White Snake, starring kiku, not only grinded lady white snake’s face into a plan, but also made Fahai wrinkle-free. In the end, the filmmakers had to apologize publicly and readjust.
According to industry sources, in general, actors will not be given a large-scale "face-trimming" action in the color matching process, unless they are specially requested by the film side, platform or artist. Sometimes, it is because of shooting day and night or shooting real scenes in the shed that we have to use "filters" to cover up the lack of technology.
"It can be adjusted later" has become an excuse for many film and television dramas to make up for it.
The overall effect of color tone of film and television works needs the cooperation of all links in the early and late stages, and color tone also needs to actively participate in the early creation. Only in the early stage and shooting stage can we refuse to be shoddy and pursue Excellence, and then the color matching in the later stage can further add luster to the work.
In the face of the pursuit of the so-called "advanced sense" of the picture in domestic dramas, no matter what color tone is used, if the story content itself is not enough and the color tone is not constructed for narrative needs, it can only be superficial.
The gray of costume drama, the darkness of suspense drama and the softness of sweet pet drama should not be reduced to the tone style imitated by domestic dramas of the same type. Only those suitable for their own dramas and images, suitable for the audience to experience and understand, are truly beautiful "filters" with a sense of advanced.
