For the documentary film “Los Viejos” by director Rosana Matecki, the photographer Nicolás Villegas wanted to match the look of the SONY FS7 camera to an ALEXA, and then prepare a Luts to make greens in the low lights and oranges on the high lights. This complementary combination made a soft contrast that emotionally bonded the narrative of the film and the way of telling the story of three Cuban musicians fallen on hard times because of their old age. […]
This film came to the color station with some clear ideas. All the film monitoring was performed in color; however, the idea was that the final image would be in black and white. Diego Rísquez, the film director, had asked me that at times the singer’s jacket and his car – a display of luxury and wealth- appeared completely in color. This created a caricature image of very specific moments, tarnishing the narrative. We tried many paths until we found […]
