Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Nativity Story color

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-20-2006, 08:55 PM:

We're playing Nativity Story at the moment for a 2-day quickie before Night at the Museum comes in.

On our print the color has sort of a washed out look...is it that way on all prints? I'm assuming it must be, since all our reels look the same. I think it detracts from the attractiveness of the film, but I guess it's a filmmaker's choice thing.

We never had a final trailer of this so I have nothing to compare to.

Posted by Stephen Jones (Member # 16) on 12-21-2006, 01:28 AM:

Hi Mike,

The print we ran was the same no doubt was made that way to keep with that time.

Steve [beer]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-21-2006, 02:59 AM:

That's funny....I would think people, mountains, camels etc. would have been the same colors then as they are now.

Other movies from that era and before (Ten Commandments comes to mind) had vivid, natural colors with no ill effects.

Oh well...no matter - people are liking the movie here no matter what color it is.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 12-21-2006, 08:51 AM:

Can't be dye fading on such a new film, surely?

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 12-21-2006, 09:13 AM:

That's the way the film maker had the film timed. We did the pre-release post-production screenings in D5 and 35mm.