Neo Realism

Signature style in the BishBashBosh style library. Sun-bleached ochre, steel blue and concrete grey, deep blacks.

Camera: Patient wide frames held still, slow push-ins, aerial views and long silences
Lens: Wide spherical lenses, deep focus; long lenses for compression
Film stock: 35mm and VistaVision, fine grain, rich but restrained colour
Lighting: Natural light: hard sun, dusk afterglow, single lamps and streetlights at night
Colour: Sun-bleached ochre, steel blue and concrete grey, deep blacks

10 named looks in Neo Realism

Open plain

Camera: Very wide and still, a lone figure in a huge landscape
Film stock: 35mm Kodak, fine grain, dry sun-bleached colour, hard clipped highlights
Lighting: Low dawn sun, long shadows, a pale sky
Colour: Pale gold scrub, washed blue sky, dust

Motel wait

Camera: Low and still, a figure waiting in a small room
Film stock: 35mm Kodak, fine grain, dry sun-bleached colour, hard clipped highlights
Lighting: One bedside lamp, a strip of light under a door
Colour: Warm lamplight, brown and black shadow

Porch at dusk

Camera: A long lens, still, a weathered face looking out
Film stock: 35mm Kodak, fine grain, dry sun-bleached colour, hard clipped highlights
Lighting: Dusk light, soft and fading
Colour: Dusty blue dusk, faded ochre

Dusk silhouettes

Camera: Very wide and low, figures as silhouettes against the sky
Film stock: Large-format digital with natural light, as the film was: deep contrast, muted colour, a touch of grain
Lighting: Dusk afterglow, no fill
Colour: Deep orange horizon, blue sky, black silhouettes

Aerial city

Camera: High aerial views from a helicopter, a long lens
Film stock: Large-format digital with natural light, as the film was: deep contrast, muted colour, a touch of grain
Lighting: Hazy hard daylight
Colour: Dusty beige city, black vehicles, haze

Night vision

Camera: Through night-vision goggles, a wide lens
Film stock: Large-format digital with natural light, as the film was: deep contrast, muted colour, a touch of grain
Lighting: Infrared night vision only
Colour: Phosphor green and black, heavy noise

Steel mill

Camera: A long lens from a gantry above the work
Film stock: 35mm Kodak, rich but muted colour, natural grain
Lighting: Molten orange glow against cold blue
Colour: Furnace orange, steel blue, black

Deer stand

Camera: A long lens through mist, two figures waiting
Film stock: 35mm Kodak, rich but muted colour, natural grain
Lighting: Misty dawn light
Colour: Rust and brown leaves, grey mist

Concrete hall

Camera: Very wide and low, monumental
Film stock: 35mm VistaVision, fine grain, rich deep colour
Lighting: A single shaft of daylight through a high opening
Colour: Grey concrete, warm shaft of light, deep shadow

Marble quarry

Camera: Very wide from high above, tiny figures
Film stock: 35mm VistaVision, fine grain, rich deep colour
Lighting: Bright, flat daylight on white stone
Colour: Marble white, pale sky, tiny dark figures

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