why film emulation luts available in digital are all over contrasted?

[fredjeang2]

Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t1_usmB30s

Where do we see that blacks and whites are crushed?
On the contrary, images hold details in B and W and rather smooth. This is film. Real film, not digital interpretation.

I do not recognize there the today's "film look" that became so popular in wich consists to crush everything behind blueish desat background tones or yellow highlights.

Who the hell are building the film emulation LUTs?

And this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISD1hJz53L8
again, we could expect high contrast inside the U.Boot machines and the very same that in Bond happens. It is smooth.

So?

[Morgan_Moore]

That is some old footage.. I think many emulation luts look to films that I have not seen.. and maybe you have not either!

Transformers 8?

Have a look around Apple Cinema trailers, the look is not the same as Bond 1973 or Das Boot.

Personally I don't use emulation luts as I will try and build a look on my knowledge of actual film and also how it degrades.

Often I will grab classic images from google and examine them in Resolve. To see the pallete.

Just because the shop sells sweeties and coke doesnt mean you have to buy.. they are for children

I follow Cooke Lenses on Twitter.. there are often interesting DP vids about getting looks (AND THE MOTIVATION FOR LOOKS) for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCZfiHiboU&feature=youtu.be

[fredjeang2]

I agree. This is also my conclusion.
Grab some images and strip them in Resolve
Or so. And work from there.

After all, isn't what fine arts studens always did?
Take a master painting and first learn copying.
Then find one's own style.