bleach bypass

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Noun

bleach bypass

  1. (photography, cinematography) A film laboratory technique where the bleach stage during the development of a color film is skipped, resulting in images with increased contrast and graininess.
    Synonyms: skip bleach, silver retention
    • 2021, Jason Wood, quoting Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
      The bleach-bypass really captured the light of Mexico City, especially given that we shot the commercial on a very grey and overcast day. [] The bleach-bypass process I find has a spiritual quality that I relate to and really love.

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