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“During both the shooting and the timing, we were mindful of the contrast of colors, and in particular of how that red cloak would show up in the frame,” says Walker.

direction, costumes and lighting,” notes Walker. “During both the shooting and the timing, we were mindful of the contrast of colors, and in particular of how that red cloak would show up in the frame. We were doing tests with Maxine on the cloak and other colors very early on, soon after we started post.” Red’s iconic cloak is a central visual device in the story. “In fact, it’s the only red in the movie!” notes Hardwicke. A variety of fabrics and shades of red were tested early on, and Hardwicke and costume designer Cindy Evans eventually chose a specially embroidered silk fabric from India. “Mandy shot a test to show how we could enhance the color,” Hardwicke recalls. “You can see how it really pops from the background, especially against the white snow. Mandy was very careful in her balancing and lighting, and we then enhanced when necessary in the DI.” The philosophy of highlighting particular colors was carried over to other aspects of the visuals. The priest (played by Gary Oldman) wears rich purple robes that were likewise designed to stand out. “Warner Bros. actually mandated vibrant colors,” says Hardwicke. “They didn’t want muted grays, blacks or whites, or too much desaturation. So we were constantly thinking about how to make specific colors pop.” Gervais credits the Baselight system with allowing her to solve certain kinds of visual-effects challenges in the DI suite. Red

Riding Hood has 300 visual-effects shots, supervised by Jeffrey Okun, and the artists creating them were laboring on many of those shots up to the last possible minute. But, says Hardwicke, “there are certain things that Maxine could do very rapidly in the DI, and I don’t just mean cosmetic fixes.” In particular, Gervais helped Hardwicke achieve the colorful sky the director originally planned when she captured helicopter footage for the movie’s opening titles one day early in the shoot. The day that footage was captured “was not perfect, and we had been working on this idea that the sky could be better than reality,” says Hardwicke. “So Jeff Okun’s team put in some clouds, a CG mountain range and things like that, and then Maxine gave it a hint more color and dimension.” “Basically, I was creating something in the sky that was not there when it was photographed,” says Gervais. “In Baselight, I pulled a matte of the sky and created a shape that would simulate sun rays glowing out of the clouds and sky. With keys, shapes, transforms, softening and glows, I was able to achieve a visual-effects-like effect. It was done to match later [shots] that had natural sunrays piercing the sky. This sequence is also where the main titles are, so I asked the title house [PIC Agency] to deliver titles with a matte channel, so I could build them in Baselight on top of the color-corrected images. There are a lot of things like that in this movie that go beyond


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American Cinematographer - April 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: “Faeries”
Production Slate: Jane Eyre • Battle: Los Angeles
Wicked World
A Woman on the Verge
Optical Filtration and 3-D
Sundance 2011: Spirited Images
Post Focus: Red Riding Hood
Tricks of the Trade: Unfettering a Digital Shoot
Filmmakers’ Forum: The Image Interchange Framework
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads/Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Dennis Muren
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American Cinematographer - April 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - April 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - April 2011 - Short Takes: “Faeries”
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American Cinematographer - April 2011 - Tricks of the Trade: Unfettering a Digital Shoot
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American Cinematographer - April 2011 - Filmmakers’ Forum: The Image Interchange Framework
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