Grading The Handmaiden, scene by scene

Scene – Annex 

This scene was in an annex within Kouzuki’s library. The characteristic of this library is that it is located in the shade and rarely experiences sunlight. Therefore in this shot, I decreased saturation as well as the brightness of the light part of the scene.

Library scene - mask
Library scene – mask
Annex Library After Mask
Annex Library After Mask

Skin tone of leading actors

The skin tones of the actors were rather pale. Typically, I graded the face of Lady Hideko to be expressed in pure whiteness throughout the movie, because she was trapped in the palace.

On the contrary, I raised the skin tone of the maid Sook-hee a little, because she lived more freely than Hideko.

The Count’s skin tone was desaturated because the actor’s original skin tone is strong already.

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