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[somedaybitch]

anybody know where i can either buy vegetable dye or make a vegetable dye? i'm trying to decide whether it's easier/faster/more controllable to use mulch to tone down the green-ness of grass for my short film, or to mix a batch of vegetable dye to do it?

thoughts?

links?

anyone?

bueller?

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[rubberneck.livejournal.com]

I'd pick mulch, because you can then adjust it either way by spreading more mulch on or by raking some off.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

that's what i was thinking. and then i could grind it tinier in my hands if i wanted. i also like that it's good for teh nature and smells like pine.

[rubberneck.livejournal.com]

More control, less mess, plus the fresh scent of pine!

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

it's like Mr Clean, only without the bald guy....and the water.

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

*raises one eyebrow like the mr. clean guy only... not*

em, so how much grass we talkin? and whyfore to tone it down? you shootin real film? 'cuz in DV you could just de-saturate, or skew the hue in post...

er, but mayhap thats way.more.trouble. than having someone standing on a piece of sod in the middle of an abandoned parking lot...

heh, how's that for an image? :vbeg:

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

the location's a park, and the director thinks it's too residential. to which i say, well, yes, jackass, on accounta it's a park, yo. so, he wants the green to be less green. :::rolls eyes:::

i personally hate relying on post to fix shit when you can do it to camera because, with the exception of digital intermediate, color adjustment is a zero sum game.

we're shooting super 16 for some stupid reason that escapes me because they're going to blow it up to 35 in post and then PAY for the digital intermediate to degrain it....at $750 bucks an hour. the fact that it's cheaper to rent a 35 camera and pay for 35 film seems to escape both the director and the dp. i remain confused.

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

I have failed to wrap my small little mind around this thing about grass, which, um, only exists residential, otherwise looking like wheat [my favorite shots of gladiator ;)] so anyway, how about a mud spray? mix fine clay in the correct color with water in a fertilizer application sprayer... add a garden hose und viola! OR if you decide on food dye, you could apply it the same way... /thinky thoughts... best of luck on the super 16 conundrum... $750 an hour? I AM IN THE WRONG FRELLING BUSINESS...

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

$750 an hour? I AM IN THE WRONG FRELLING BUSINESS...

you and me both, buddy.

re a mud spray, it'll gray out when it dries, and we're shooting there all day. whatever i use has to keep it's own saturation level to camera.

the mulch is lookin' really good right now.

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

heh, I meant the mud as dry... requiring test... so yeah mulch... ;)

[itsazoo.livejournal.com]

My sis makes vegetable dyes to dye her handspun yarn but I think it would be way too much trouble to make for this kind of project. I vote for the mulch. Plus, you can usually get different sizes of grind. Depending on how big an area you want to tone down, you could prolly use a litte top soil in places, too.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

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