Sun Dec 10, 2017 6:02 pm
It depends on how abrupt the exposure changes are. Are they a "pop" or a gradual increase/decrease.
For a gradual change, I would razor the clip up to create several shots. 2 or 3 different shots on the timeline. Then I would grab a still from shot 1, use it as a wipe on shot 2, and adjust shot 2 to match. Use your scopes, and adjust your 3 main controls. (this is what color correction is:)
Then do the same with shot 3. Then I would add a dissolve from shot 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3. This will hopefully minimize the change from shot to shot. The point of each shot that you use for color, as well as dissolve length, will depend on how much the exposure change is. In a perfect world, you would adjust the very end of shot 2 to match the very end of shot 1...and then have a dissolve that spans all of shot 2, culminating with the matched look on the last frame.
If it is a POP, then I would razor it at the pop, and jump back and forth between the frames, adjusting, looking at my scopes, until I get them matched. Again, this is the nature of the job sometimes.