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Why so dark and gray?

posted 11 years ago by ducdebrabant
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There's no light and so little contrast, and yet it's an impeccable print with nice grain and no flaws. This must be the way it's supposed to look, all dark and washy, but WHY?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja-0NWXrRGA

[–] BKinzeys 11 years ago

Your link is dead.

[–] just1Hitch 10 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3L0A6ZsZbA

This is divided into 10 parts but seems to be complete.

Excuse me for talking while you're interrupting.

[–] whiskeyTango-06 10 years ago

albeit moody, the general exposure *ratios* (key light to fill light, key light to backlight) seem in place -- but yes, everything is dim overall (TCM print 2014).

looks like a mistake in the transfer from film to video to me.