In-Camera Transformation Effect

For the month of October RocketJump FRIGHT School releases spooky, horror-themed filmmaking tutorials! This week, we're recreating a famous special effect done by director Rouben Mamoulian and DP Karl Struss in the 1931 adaptation of "Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde." Using contrasting colors in our lighting and makeup, while shooting in black and white, we're able to create the spooky transformation effect in-camera, without any computer generated VFX. Mamoulian and Struss used specially-made filters of colored glass, but here we'll show you a simple way to recreate the effect with lighting gels, using the same principles. If you only have one light, you can try experimenting with overlapping gels! Special Thanks to our makeup artist Taylor Berez! Did you try out this effect? We wanna see it! Post your work on our forums! http://bit.ly/RJFS_transform If you'd like to know more, you can read an interview with Rouben Mamoulian where he discusses the effect in the book "The Celluloid Muse" by Charles Higham. Music: "Concerto per viola ed orchoestra" (1983) Krzysztof Pednerecki "Capriccio per oboe e 11 archi" (1965) Krzysztof Pednerecki "Drei Stucke im alten Stil fur Streichorchester - I Aria" Krzysztof Pednerecki - - - Questions about our sponsors and how they work? A video on that soon, but we have an open policy and can answer your questions directly on our forums: http://discuss.rocketjump.com - - - Thanks for watching! More videos at http://school.rocketjump.com! We are live on YouTube every Thursday at 4PM PST! You can also follow us on Facebook & Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/RJFilmSchool https://twitter.com/rjfilmschool