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How to Replicate the Dreamy 'Deakinizer' Effect in Post

Roger Deakins pulled off this dreamy effect in-camera, but here's how you can do it in post using DaVinci Resolve. Roger Deakins is one of the most exciting, visionary DPs working today, blowing audiences away with the gorgeous imagery in films like 1917, Blade Runner 2049, and No Country for Old Men. What filmmaker doesn't want their work to have at least hints of the Oscar-winning cinematographer's iconic aesthetic? While reproducing his creative sensibility is impossible, you can use some of the tricks he has used to give his work that unique flair, like the old-time camera effect from The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which produces an intriguingly dreamy tilt-shift/split diopter vignetting via lenses dubbed "Deakinizers". In this video, certified DaVinci Resolve trainer Lewis McGregor, (you probably know him as Ugly McGregor) shows you how to create this effect quickly in post—no "Deakinizer" lenses required. As you can see from the tutorial, recreating this effect is really straightforward and simple. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 3 March, 2020

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