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. Support the channel:   / watchingtheaerial     / watchingtheaerial   twitter:   / watchingaerial   letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/watchingaerial/ American Cinematographer article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ngYY...    • Spielberg's Thousand-Ton Alternative to Bl...      • Making The Great Circle Feel Like Indiana ...      • Collateral & the Death of Neon   Special thanks to my partner mystic_Iris for assisting with the photo tests and all her support behind the scenes. Follow her here:   / mystic__iris   Links: Intro Empire - "The Ring Review" (March, 2003) https://www.empireonline.com/movies/r... In Search of an Article Cinematography Forums - "The Ring" (Feb. 19, 2005) https://cinematography.com/index.php?... Translight Backdrop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translight Creating the Look 81EF Filter Specs https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc... 85B Filter Specs https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc... Existing Wratten Numbered Filters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wratten... Roger Deakins Forums - "Printer Lights and Digital" (March 6, 2023) https://www.rogerdeakins.com/forums/t... Printer Points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer... List of Motion Picture Film Stocks - Eastman Kodak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... Kodak EXR 200T Spec Sheet https://125px.com/docs/motionpicture/... "The Making of Joker with Cinematographer Lawrence Sher, ASC"    • The Making of Joker with Cinematographer L...   IGC Magazine - "Wild Card" (Oct. 10, 2019) https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/wild-... American Cinematographer - Clubhouse Conversation: Lawrence Sher, ASC on Joker (Dec. 10, 2019) https://theasc.com/news/clubhouse-con... Push Processing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_pr... Recreating the Process A Guide to Color Filters with B&W Film https://thedarkroom.com/color-filters... Kodak Professional Accessories Catalogue (Jan., 2000) https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/rea... "rating kodak stocks in term of contrast" (May 30, 2005) https://cinematography.com/index.php?... "How to remove left over remjet after film has dried" (June 29, 2021) https://cinematography.com/index.php?... CineStill Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinestill Bellows Film Lab Chicago - ECN-2 Development https://www.bellowsfilmlabchi.com/pro... Boutique Film Lab - ECN-2 Film https://www.boutiquefilmlab.com/produ... "How to Clean Your Negatives" https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/new... "Opinion: lab box ecn-2 process" (March 29, 2023)   / opinion_lab_box_ecn2_process   "What is preventing film photographers from shooting ECN-2?" (Jan. 27, 2023)   / what_is_preventing_film_photographers_from   "Testing ways to remove Remjet on Vision3 film" (April 24, 2022)   / 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?