Monochrome Grade单色调

A unified mood, stylized shorts, handing attention to shape.

monochrome grade in a single hue such as cyan or amber, depth read through luminance only, no other colors present.

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

Monochrome image, the whole shot keeping only a single teal-blue hue, foreground and background separated by light and dark. A hospital corridor late at night: a nurse slowly pushes an empty bed past as the fluorescent lights flicker one after another. She stops at a door, takes a deep breath and pushes it open. 5 seconds, no warm colors at all, detail kept in the shadows.

• A second color creeps in and the monochrome breaks.
• The whole frame at one brightness, so front and back stick together.

Build the layers with brightness first, then add the tint.