RecipesBarbie
Greta GerwigRodrigo Prieto

Barbie

2023Neon & SaturatedPastel & Soft

The Cinematography

Rodrigo Prieto shot Barbieland as bright, high-key Technicolor — plastic pinks pushed to the edge, cloudless painted skies and sunny, shadowless light that mimics a toy world. The palette is saturated but soft, deliberately artificial, before cooling into a muted, grounded real world.

Recipes

Barbieland Daylight
Bright, saturated pink-plastic daylight with a cloudless sky
Film SimulationVelvia/Vivid
GrainOff
Color ChromeStrong
CC FX BlueWeak
White BalanceDaylight
WB ShiftR+2 / B+0
Dynamic RangeDR200
Highlight+1
Shadow+2
Color+3
Sharpness+1
Noise Reduction-2
Clarity+1
ISOISO 200
Sunset Beach
The soft pastel beach and painted evening sky
Film SimulationAstia/Soft
GrainWeak/Small
Color ChromeWeak
CC FX BlueOff
White BalanceDaylight
WB ShiftR+3 / B-1
Dynamic RangeDR200
Highlight+0
Shadow+1
Color+1
Sharpness+0
Noise Reduction-2
Clarity+0
ISOISO 200
Real World Muted
The cooler, grounded, desaturated real world
Film SimulationClassic Chrome
GrainWeak/Small
Color ChromeOff
CC FX BlueWeak
White BalanceDaylight
WB ShiftR+0 / B+1
Dynamic RangeDR200
Highlight+0
Shadow+0
Color-2
Sharpness+0
Noise Reduction-1
Clarity+0
ISOISO 400
Shoot this look

These recipes run on Fujifilm's film-simulation engine — any current X-series body will do. A pairing to start from:

Fujifilm X-S20The lighter, cheaper way inSony TOUGH SD (UHS-II V90)Fast enough for the 40MP bodies
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