Color Camera
The unique looks of Drive and Bellflower (Metafilter)
Drive and Bellflower are both movies with fast cars and distinctive looks but
one had a budget 765x the other. Drive was captured to Betamax’s grandchild,
Bellflower to a Mac Book Pro.
“Refn and Sigel were inspired by the look of location-scout photos Sigel
snapped using the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone. ‘There are some color
palettes in that program that reference retro photographic looks, like
Kodachrome or Ektrachrome,’” They used production design and lighting for
their look and shot with a camera that’s new and digital, but comes from a
traditional cinema photography house.
“‘As part of my test, I took Ryan out in a car, and Tony and I rigged the car
with a rack overhead with all different kinds of tiny lights, such as LEDs and
150-watt [Arri Fresnels],’ says Sigel. ‘We wired them all into dimmers in the
trunk that could be wirelessly controlled, so we could turn lights off and on
or dim them up and down. The lights were all so small and unobtrusive that
they were never in shot, so Ryan could just drive around while Tony played the
roof rack like a musical instrument. There were also …
Garden of colour