Like You written & directed by Harrison Sheehan @hvrrysheehan
Director of Photography: Alberto S. Muñoz @albertosm
Vimeo Password: likeyou2022
Camera: RED Gemini 5K S35
Aspect Ratio: 1.65:1
During pre-production, I described Like You as a murky watercolor memory - dreamy and timeless - it could be both the 1980s or yesterday.
Alberto and I planned to achieve the aesthetic with a 1.65:1 aspect ratio- the standard of the Super16 format - and diffusing the lenses to emulate the shadow/highlight roll off of 16mm Kodak VISION3 500T Color Negative 5129 Film. We hope the final color grade of Like You matches the look of the previous grade with the distinctive saturation and texture of 16mm 500T 5129 often pushed one stop and two stops in select scenes.
Milk (2008) dir. Gus Van Sant
Beach Rats (2017) dir. Eliza Hittman
INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT — Push +1 Stop
Sodium Light through outside the window (Amber/Orange), Fluorescent Light (Burned & Halted Cyan White), Tungsten from the Refrigerator ( warm white )
Paris, Texas (1981) dir. Wim Wenders
EXT. GAS STATION - NIGHT — Pushed +2 Stops
Fluorescent Tube Light (Cyan & White, lots of halation) - surrounding street lights warm white
Hoping to retain some skin tone through the Cyan of the Gas Station Light, with the warm white of the street light in the distance.
Film Reference: Paris, Texas (1984) dir. Wim Wenders
Night on Earth (1991) dir. Jim Jarmusch
EXT. TOWN - EVENING
Elvira Madigan (1967) dir. Bo Widerberg
INT. STORYVILLE PLAYHOUSE - EVENING
EXT. TRAILHEAD - NIGHT
EXT. S MOUNTAIN - NIGHT
Key Light Source - The lights of the town below. - All background lights are brighter than our characters.
Beach Rats (2017) dir. Eliza Hittman
INT. MATEO’S CAR - NIGHT
Elvira Madigan (1967) dir. Bo Widerberg
INT. MATEO’S CABIN - NIGHT
EXT. SMITH’S HOUSE - DAWN
Bones and All (2022) dir. Luca Guadagnino
Beach Rats (2017) dir. Eliza Hittman