Low contrast film recipes with a cinematic feel
One of the wonderful gifts that the engineers at Fujifilm have given us, is the Eterna Cinema film simulation. The soft smooth feel of this recipe is wonderful for capturing golden hour, misty weather and a moody flat tone look.
As a favourite look of mine, I’ve made well over 50 recipes that capture a generally cinematic vibe, mostly with Eterna simulation, but also using others, such as Pro Neg Standard and Classic Chrome.
In my vision of ‘cinematic’, I’m thinking of independent cinema films are shot using a low contrast, moody look. This soft artistic style also looks great in still images, especially in soft light, or if the subject has the look of a cinematic scene.
These 40 recipes are a shortlist drawn from both the site and the Film Recipes App, ranked by a blend of user popularity and how closely each recipe fits the cinematic brief. Recipes marked as app-only aren’t available on the site — they’re part of the larger exclusive library in the app, which holds more than twice as many recipes as the site.
Cinematic Film Simulation Recipes
These are the highest-rated recipes from the site and app combined. There are a further 107 recipes in this category exclusively in the Film Recipes App — browse them alongside the full library of 800+ recipes on iOS and Android.