Recreating the Look of The Batman

[@iancook8320]

you forgot the most important ingredient, the focus fall off that are on the side of the frames

[@akmen95]

Its important to notice, all movies use a given color palette(and lighting), wich in itself gives a prelimenary look to the film, gives a distiction how the grade will (in a good case) compliment the whole process. So for example for BvS low light looks you cant use Whedons fan edit level lighting AND grade.

[@TaurellFussell]

Do you think movies keep that color palette for ever scene? Or just for certain ones? Can you have different color palettes in a film

[@Chris-Chan]

@@TaurellFussell im no expert, but I’d assume it doesn’t change. I’m sure there’s exceptions like slightly tweaking your palette in certain scenes, but I don’t know about changing it completely

[@TaurellFussell]

@@Chris-Chan thank you that helps alot

[@graysontheovercomer]

I agree. Snydercut is the only version of Justice League.

[@savagebeafy]

FACTS

[@henrychinaski5938]

That's depressing.

[@graysontheovercomer]

@@henrychinaski5938 nah, what's depressing is that WB tried to cover up someone's work by replacing them with Joss (horrible person) Whedon, and putting a cgi mustache onto Henry Cavill

[@henrychinaski5938]

@@graysontheovercomer So is that. But letting that Hack near these characters was always gonna be a pile of shit.

[@graysontheovercomer]

@@henrychinaski5938 interesting. Why would they let a hack release his version of the movie if it held zero substance? And for the "hack" to make a version of JL that is universally considered better than the theatrical version, and leaving people curious about the sequels is a bit of a contradiction, isn't it? Almost like you have an opinion others don't share. Maybe if others aren't sharing, you shouldn't share either. Keep it to yourself next time.

[@jasoneaken3244]

2 things that could seem contradictory to one another. 1) This video was super impressive from the perspective of how much one can AFFECT and CHANGE an image after the fact, and how much of a complex combination is needed to create what, at a glance, seems like a simple "look." I'm a writer, director, and sometimes editor, who sometimes has to color grade and it's a good reminder of how large the gap is between myself and people who REALLY know what they're doing. 2) I didn't find either image to be particularly evocative of "The Batman." First shot got closer than 2nd shot, but still maybe only got 30-40% of the way there.

[@ginofactap]

agreed. the end result isn't as strong resemblance as you would expect, in spite of all the incredibly detailed and well explained color grading showcased in the video.

[@torchmedia800]

Haven't watched you guys since about 2017. I made the old wooden 2x4 jib back when i was rocking the kit lens. Glad to see how much your channel and these tutorials have grown!

[@ErisedMediaCo]

I love seeing DaVinci tutorials. Not an Adobe user so this helps me a lot. Do more of these!!! lol. Thanks guys

[@swerdnagk611]

oh my goodness using radial blur with a power window was the trick i needed to hear about! i'd been trying to see how to emulate that look for so long, never thought of a power window! could be cool to add some chromatic aberration using the same technique too -- really cool stuff in this episode!

[@devonparsons7848]

it’s so nice running back to this channel after such a long time, happy to see my boys are still doing good

[@pietroronzoni8869]

Cool take on the Batman look! From a colorist point of view I would suggest you to get the look as close as possible without fancy tools. Grading by selections makes really hard to grade a project consistently from shot to shot. Overall I really appreciated the video. 🙏🏻

[@malypavel25]

I was just saying something thing similar while being more harsh. He knows a thing or two but is not a colourist!

[@theaterelevenpictures]

Hey Pietro, can you expound on this? What do you mean by fancy tools? Do you mean the film convert plugin? Not challenging you, I'm just not a colorist so want to understand more on what you're saying. Thanks!

[@nedstudios6490]

Pietro, fire up your channel and show us OBI-WAN-Ronzoni. No one as a decent channel covering much in the way of grading, unless you're a DJI drone fanatic.

[@securityg]

Exactly! I'm looking at this and thinking; 'DAM, just give me Windows Moviemaker!' But seriously, it does appear to be not only a tedious task, but like you said, CONSISTENT. It is MUCH better and more time management to do your best to get that color or look during filming as much as you can and IF there are any color tweaks, then make sure you have a STORYBOARD that explicitly shows those tweaks and work off of that. - James D. Watkins, artistic director of PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS.

[@rattmanthestupid]

When i first saw The Batman, i always thought it had a more traditional film look. Learning that they actually did print the movie on an actual film reel is so cool and explains why it has such a unique look and feel in the visuals.

[@perusing350]

THANK YOU. downloaded the free The Batman lut as soon as I finished your video. thank you, thank you.

[@AWSVids]

It's so interesting to me that we went from, 20 years ago, shooting on film and doing a digital intermediate in post, then delivering on film... to now, shooting on digital and doing a film intermediate in post, then delivering on digital. Fascinating little role reversal that's happened.

[@mosesswingle9158]

amazing work guys!! thx so much for all of the awesome content, motivation,and inspiration!!

[@NotoriousClub]

Some crazy awesome stuff here. You guys always come in with the best content for YEARS. I remember prop videos is how I found you guys and you’ve been an incredible help since. Much love to everyone at film riot. ♥️

[@stevencasteelassistantgene5263]

Andrew Kramer quality tutorial in a fraction of the time. Dunno how long you've been doing tutorials in this style, but I love it. Please keep them coming. Very easy to learn high level concepts this way.

[@topicruben]

I was waiting for this video! Thank you 🙏

[@ARestlessMindYT]

Thank you for being such a pillar of knowledge for indie filmmakers.

[@malypavel25]

Don’t listen to this channel when it comes to colourgrading! Film riot are great for inspiration, directing, producing and sometimes VFX.

[@DLHMedia]

“There you go, crazy easy!” Lol. Great work

[@LostUtopiaFilms]

Awesome breakdown! Resolve makes color work so much fun

[@facuuaf]

Everything is great excepto for the skin tone and orange color treatment. The first clip appears to struggle with gradients since the turquoise and orange around the fluorescent light are kind of a mess, and the arm in the second clip bleeds it's color to the shirt that should be all white

[@alexanderwindh4830]

This really makes me appreciate filmmaking more!

[@NickBB]

Pretty amazing the detail of color correction that can be applied ! thanks for sharing

[@Nathan-zd8ew]

Wow this is WAY better! WB needs to hire you

[@AMD_Potato]

"Zack Snyder's Justice League is the only version." Instant like 👍

[@marvelstudios3565]

Victor Stone (Cyborg) cries because his daddy wouldn't watch his game. 😂 His mother dies in a car accident because she's trying to comfort his bitch ass instead of watching the road. 😂 Victor goes on to blame his father for what happened.😂😂😂🤣🤣 Imagine you're Joss Whedon, someone gives you this material and 40 days to make a good movie out of it. 😂

[@AMD_Potato]

@@marvelstudios3565 okay.

[@ZachTigue]

Have never used color warper before. Gonna have to have a go at it now!

[@nipungrover7058]

Haha I noticed how the colors on your set were changing too. How can someone not love your channel, that's really a clever implementation.

[@EmanouilKoutsios]

Another thing to note is that some shots of the movie were filmed with a vintage lens on purpose, some bokeh that you see , looks super vintage, they said that they used the helios 44-2 58mm f2

[@FilmQi]

Great video guys! Thanks for sharing

[@tommygreenbeans]

i would like to add that most feature films also have a certain look depending on the brand of camera and its digital sensor, the brand of lens and the glass it has, and even the type of lights and lighting setup it has as well. in the example of the batman, greig fraser utilized digital arri alexa cameras and cooke lenses; both unique artifacts and optics with infamously characteristic looks. fraser is also a big champion of using led lights as well. (for more info watch In Depth Cine's vid on the cinematography style of Greig Fraser just goes to show that every layer that your visual language has always impacts the next. take away one aspcet of that language and its not the same. anyways, very helpful tutorial on how to use the different features of davinci resolve!

[@IDKOKIDK]

Davinci Resolve nodes look frightening

[@TheBawss90]

Litterally saw the film last night you guys got great timing!

[@karliemorris7318]

wonderful ryan, good job

[@TheMoirLabel]

A master class in 10 minutes.

[@akcivan]

thanks you so much to teach me that sir !! im workin as colorist as 3 years and i learned a small trick from you today ! TODAY I GOT LEARNED NEW THING ! you made my day

[@mindcraftful]

Ryan knows which justice league was better 👍😎

[@Breonnick]

I think one of the first things you need to do is bring the highlights down as much as possible. Movie's no where near this contrasty.

[@aloyminimum]

Can you do an in depth look into lighting, I just can’t get a grasp on it

[@dotnet8925]

we need more of these stuffs

[@ifound14u]

Using Resolve gives me more reason to watch Film Riot!

[@MtZionMediaPro]

YES!!! MORE DAVINCI RESOLVE VIDEOS PLEASE!!!

[@arthuryore]

More resolve color grading tuts please! ❤️

[@BenyaminLorit]

"Or from the Justice League. His version. There is no other version." *Take my Like, good sir. I insist.*

[@clark031290]

I love the "There's no other Version" Exactly! That is fucking correct!

[@markkirk8939]

This Batman lut is stellar on LumaFusion

[@anthonykearneyfilms]

The Batman was BADASS 💯

[@johnnybaudelaire4954]

quite extraordinary/. amazing explanation.

[@prajwalkoppad2958]

Please do the MoonKnight transformation!!

[@KineticEgg]

More Davinci Resolve sir! Always great when you show warez that is truly cross platform... excellent vid as always

[@MORPHPICTURES-m7c]

Thank you for this break down!

[@dice268926]

I honestly see a lot of Snyder in the visual tones of The Batman, Matt Reeves matured and enhanced it

[@aaronmedina182]

Absolutely not

[@camerafx24]

And this is why I hire a colorist for all my work. I wish I could get that good at color but I know where my limits lie I’ll stick to directing. Lol

[@conbuch9758]

Ive been soaking up as much info as I can for the last6 months working on my first project. Currently having to accept that I probably can't be writer, 3d artist, animator, director, colorist, VFX, voice actor, editor, and cinematographer all at once :( lol

[@SirPaulMuaddib]

This dude knows his friggen stuff.

[@chinesedramalands]

Who has seen the new Batman 🦇 movie 🙋‍♂️

[@leotownsend]

very nerdy tute. enjoyed

[@Xbui.22]

I needed ten days to process the information on this ten minutes video.

[@haanw8570]

Thanks to this video my respect for film editors and colour graders has skyrocketed Amazing work mate!

[@leoenin]

Oh yes, please do more Davinci videos!

[@themythicfire]

I was wondering if you could recreate the look of a few other films that have a very distinct look like the batman . Taxi Driver, Good Time and The Dreamers are a few one you should try.I''d love to see you break their look down.

[@cloud9comedy128]

you guys are so helpful!

[@Kainthemain]

I think we can all agree Ryan is the real batman we all love

[@jonahhuckel4838]

Amazing!! The shots look so good. Can we maybe have a tutorial on how to grade Filmic Log iPhone footage?

[@RHStevens1986]

gorgeous

[@normanlemarie9991]

And these kinds of tutorials just show that even with a lot of work on one shot, you can't match a movie's look if your footage wasn't shot like the movie itself.

[@dan_7413]

Just saw this for the second time in the movies

[@savagebeafy]

I like the 9:48 and 9:49 shot IMO.

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Brilliant & Thanks :)

[@parkercreative_au]

What do you shoot your talking head videos on? it looks amazing in this video!

[@ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗΚΑΡΑΤΖΙΚΑ]

Really appreciated the tutorial but I am horrible at Davinci resolve. Could you make the tutorial again with premiere pro if thats possible

[@dwaynefoong]

straightforward, unpretentious and effective. though i can't remember watching any davinci resolve tutorials in your channel. in my mind you guys have been editing with premiere and after effects. i am using davinci resolve and will definitely experiment with bleach bypass and glow. thank you!

[@Ahmed_Asif]

Can you do this for Man of Steel and make it look more bright and natural looking colour?

[@Noname-yu8qw]

interesting, but do you think the faces were desaturated in post or did they use only some make up ?

[@brunosavastano1851]

You did an amazing job with the colors, however there was a major mistake right off the bat, and it's that you shoot RED lol

[@ModernXMade83]

Film supply footage for the win

[@SophiaStewartFilms]

pls bring back the Jurrasic park video pls :) favorite video also great content!

[@shankard8007]

please make more davinci resolve tutorials 🔥🔥

[@leonardodeoliveira1921]

Please make more color grading vids :)

[@ToddJasonFilms]

I died in laughter when you said "his version, there is no other version" #Restorethesnyderverse

[@marvelstudios3565]

Victor Stone (Cyborg) cries because his daddy wouldn't watch his game. 😂 His mother dies in a car accident because she's trying to comfort his bitch ass instead of watching the road. 😂 Victor goes on to blame his father for what happened.😂😂😂🤣🤣 Imagine you're Joss Whedon, someone gives you this material and 40 days to make a good movie out of it. 😂

[@manart6506]

1:45 can you explain why despite the bleach bypass the movie still doesn’t have real black? Do people like it more like that? Why it seems many modern directors use a dark grey as the darkest color so much these days?

[@s6lken]

whats the background music starting at 7:57

[@FuegoPazzo]

Can we get the clips somewhere so we can play along?

[@XyenzFyxion]

'Or, from the Justice League. His (Snyder's) version. There is no other version.' 😏 *Like*

[@marvelstudios3565]

Victor Stone (Cyborg) cries because his daddy wouldn't watch his game. 😂 His mother dies in a car accident because she's trying to comfort his bitch ass instead of watching the road. 😂 Victor goes on to blame his father for what happened.😂😂😂🤣🤣 Imagine you're Joss Whedon, someone gives you this material and 40 days to make a good movie out of it. 😂

[@alanmartin4546]

Which software is this

[@GabrielXzavier]

is it really practical to move between premiere & resolve for color correction? i own a copy of resolve but i never actually tried to use it because im so used to adobe everything

[@richardweddle3408]

I watched The Batman in a theatre with state-of-the-art projection. It looks blurry, out of focus, shallow, murky, overly dim and dark. It puts the eyes to work. I appreciate the pictorial aesthetic from comics but the way it is shot and processed is just alienating.

[@dosomestuff1949]

Tbh the colour grading in the Batman also looks really snyderish

[@lifewalklens8447]

Awesome

[@hamzahaji8371]

that's prrety goood

[@CinemaJacket]

Thought I was decent at color grading in DaVinci but after watching this? God I suck.

[@alexluthor1304]

Only DaVinci? Adobe premiere not? ;)

[@Alec_keski]

are you editing fully in Davinci resolve now?

[@sangpanitera]

I heard he said : "crazy easy".

[@quimriberaques1020]

Make a list with DaVinci tutorials. Some of us can't afford After Effects

[@davidlovephotog2]

Also try and shoot on Arri or Red.

[@crazypabs1]

Correct. There is no other version.

[@marvelstudios3565]

Victor Stone (Cyborg) cries because his daddy wouldn't watch his game. 😂 His mother dies in a car accident because she's trying to comfort his bitch ass instead of watching the road. 😂 Victor goes on to blame his father for what happened.😂😂😂🤣🤣 Imagine you're Joss Whedon, someone gives you this material and 40 days to make a good movie out of it. 😂

[@subbu4230]

Batman 🦇 👏 fantastic movie 👍

[@adityasuryafilms6880]

Can we do it in premier pro .??

[@aidenkim6629]

Can you also add more focus on the subject

[@skinnersweet1263]

Sup bro ! There tons of methods that get you the look, you aiming at. The trend seem to be that applying late touch in the post that comes in very handier than ever. But from time to time, the thoughts comes to my mind would it be the laziness on the location that made things possible? Cuz some cases it could get right there that nothing doesn’t hafta be carried out into the post. Wut do you think? It’s just the issue of today, tho … Kek

[@sarveshponnusamy]

can we use premiere pro and achieve the same look?

[@filmriot]

For sure.

[@JimRobinson-colors]

I don't think I have ever seen a Resolve tutorial at that pace. I think some of your viewers might have lost the tutorial at some point in there. There is of course ( like everything in Resolve) tons of ways to get to the same result. Just so people know that. Especially when it comes to look recreations. Not that your technique is not valid. In my opinion the same results could be done in less steps ( simpler ). I was talking about your channel the other day and I said that in the past it seemed liked I was watching a great trailer to a movie, but can't go see the movie. You probably have considered this, but a video like this could have a secondary video where the Resolve tutorial could have a deep dive with a slower and more teachable approach for people to follow along. Seems like you have built the shell, and it would be an opportunity to expand on your videos. Just a suggestion, since you have already laid it out and done all the planning. Hopefully the wedding videographers won't be using this look. But I have a feeling that ome, might.