Why The Ring Didn’t Use Color Grading

How The Ring created its influential look largely without digital color grading, how I replicated it on a budget, and why it was worth it. patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WatchingtheAerial twitter: https://twitter.com/watchingaerial letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/watchingaerial/ American Cinematographer article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ngYY0Iei_3Txoz8LBypNJrAF5E3nHxZs/view?usp=sharing The Greatest Long Take You've Never Seen: https://youtu.be/FpQyVYyLYEA Collateral & the Death of Neon: https://youtu.be/y51VUsotZe4 How Hitchcock Turned a Town Into a Film Set: https://youtu.be/5xm8yZ5ZLvg Special thanks to my partner mystic_Iris for assisting with the photo tests and all her support behind the scenes. Follow her here: https://twitter.com/mystic__Iris Links: Intro Empire - "The Ring Review" (March, 2003) https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ring-3-review/ In Search of an Article Cinematography Forums - "The Ring" (Feb. 19, 2005) https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/5086-the-ring/ Translight Backdrop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translight Creating the Look 81EF Filter Specs https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/54933-REG/Tiffen_S981EF_Series_9_81EF_Color.html/specs 85B Filter Specs https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/55122-REG/Tiffen_5885B_58mm_85B_Color_Conversion.html Existing Wratten Numbered Filters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wratten_number Roger Deakins Forums - "Printer Lights and Digital" (March 6, 2023) https://www.rogerdeakins.com/forums/topic/printer-lights-and-digital/ Printer Points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_point List of Motion Picture Film Stocks - Eastman Kodak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motion_picture_film_stocks#Eastman_Kodak Kodak EXR 200T Spec Sheet https://125px.com/docs/motionpicture/kodak/5293.pdf "The Making of Joker with Cinematographer Lawrence Sher, ASC" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvPqXpp--qU&t=500s IGC Magazine - "Wild Card" (Oct. 10, 2019) https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/wild-card/ American Cinematographer - Clubhouse Conversation: Lawrence Sher, ASC on Joker (Dec. 10, 2019) https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-conversation-lawrence-sher-asc-on-joker Push Processing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_processing Recreating the Process A Guide to Color Filters with B&W Film https://thedarkroom.com/color-filters-with-bw-film/ Kodak Professional Accessories Catalogue (Jan., 2000) https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/27160899/kodak-professional-accessories-catalog-tiffen "rating kodak stocks in term of contrast" (May 30, 2005) https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/7006-rating-kodak-stocks-in-term-of-contrast/ "How to remove left over remjet after film has dried" (June 29, 2021) https://cinematography.com/index.php?/forums/topic/88556-how-to-remove-left-over-remjet-after-film-has-dried/ CineStill Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinestill Bellows Film Lab Chicago - ECN-2 Development https://www.bellowsfilmlabchi.com/product/ecn-2-35mm-chicago/937?cs=true&cst=custom Boutique Film Lab - ECN-2 Film https://www.boutiquefilmlab.com/product/cinema-film/ "How to Clean Your Negatives" https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/how-do-you-clean-your-negatives "Opinion: lab box ecn-2 process" (March 29, 2023) https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogCommunity/comments/125fjyu/opinion_lab_box_ecn2_process/ "What is preventing film photographers from shooting ECN-2?" (Jan. 27, 2023) https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogCommunity/comments/10mu4k7/what_is_preventing_film_photographers_from/ "Testing ways to remove Remjet on Vision3 film" (April 24, 2022) https://www.reddit.com/r/Darkroom/comments/ub9jcm/testing_ways_to_remove_remjet_on_vision3_film/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:26 In Search of an Article 03:09 Creating the Look 10:17 Re-creating the Process 17:50 The Results 24:23 Why Bother?