Filters
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Adding some color
The third category of filters is the colored and gradated color filters. A colored filter is a filter that is completely colored a specific shade. While more helpful for the black and white still photographer, the DV cinematographer may benefit from colored filters to tint the scene. The main disadvantage of using a colored filter with a DV camera is if the camera is set to Auto White Balance. This is because the Auto White Balance will compensate for the color and shift the internal color wheel so whites remain white. [an error occurred while processing this directive] I am not one for keeping Auto White turned on, so if you can turn it off, the colored lens may be of some help to you.
Ever wonder why the sunsets in movies are so orange? It isn’t from the smog (most of the time). A gradated filter may be of greater use than the colored filter because it allows you to tint a portion of the image a certain color. In my filter arsenal I have two types of gradated filters. The first is a Sunset filter, which goes from a dark orange to a lighter orange. A sunset would tend to tint the foreground slightly, so that is why the filter does not go completely clear. The other filter is a blue gradated filter. I use this one when I really want blue skies that a ND filter just can’t deliver.
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| No filter |
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| Sunset Filter |
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| Blue Gradated filter |
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| A Gradated dark orange filter may not give you the results you desire, but don't throw the fitler away just yet, you never know when you may find a use for it. |
Source: Digital Media Online, Inc.
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