Wednesday, April 15, 2009

What are the camera settings in the pictures in SNL? the ones of the guest host in between takes...?

the ones of the host and/or the ones of the musical guests that the show uses as transitions in the show...


You may have to ask this of those who actually do that work, although I am sure there is nothing unusual in the settings. Standard video camera's, chipped for the lighting being used for the production would be a good guess.

Are you looking for the Kelvin temperature of the sets lighting? The type camera being used and lens length? We need more information, although you may find the answer in another forum ... like camcorder or any broadcast venue here.

Those are bumpers. They're shot by Mary Ellen Matthews a few days before the live episode airs.

Perhaps you can contact her at NBC.

I think they're digitally enhanced?

I would say it's a controlled stage. I doubt they have much time to shoot those images. Stage lighting can be really dramatic, I assume it's just well lit. Maybe a bit of post work, pump up the contrast a lot, over saturate the colours. If you want that look try cross processing a roll of film. I find they will give you that look, though doubtful they use this technique.

Shoot on slide film and request the film to be processed in a C41 chemistry, and printed as film. Crossprocess is the actual term. You won't get that at Walmart, need a professional lab really. But it will give you a very similar look to your images. It's an interesting way to shoot for sure, but unexpected results. So shoot a few images at different exposures.

And yes I am speaking of film, too bed you can't achieve this digitally, but some things just have to be done manually.

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