Sin City (film)

Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir film based on the graphic novels of the same name, directed by Robert Rodriguez.

Filming techniques

The Sin City movie employed the use of the Sony HDC-950 high-definition digital camera, having the actors play in front of a green screen, that allowed for the artificial backgrounds (as well as some major foreground elements, such as cars) to be added later during the post-production stage. While the use of a green screen isn't noteworthy, the use of high-definition digital cameras is. The combination of these two techniques makes Sin City one of the few fully digital live action motion pictures. This technique also means that the whole movie was initially shot in full colour, and was converted back to high-quality black and white. This technique makes it possible to give colour only to certain subjects in a scene, such as eyes, lips, or clothing. The movie was color corrected digitally with the use of a DLP Cinema projector and, as in film noir tradition, treated for heightened contrast so as to more clearly separate blacks and whites. This was done not only to give the film a more film noir look, but also to make it appear more like the original comic.

Related Topics:
Digital camera - Actor - Green screen - Post-production - Fully digital live action motion pictures - Black and white - DLP Cinema projector - Film noir

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