One of my favorite styles of movies is Lemony Snicket. It has been done before, but this was the last movie I saw it done in so I figured it was a current example. I also happen to really like the movie, but the visual look of the movie really intrigues me and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea how easy it would be to achieve this effect in my own photos. There seem to be elements of HDR, cross-processing, even LucisArt in these pictures but I could be way off.
Here's a couple of shots from the movie:
Normally, I'm not a fan of HDRs, but if these are done using HDR, I'm intrigued. So, any ideas how one might go about creating this effect?