As a Director/Writer curious in the game of Cinematography and Color this guys website is a gold mine. Thank you very much for that.
Yeah his site is great. His blockbuster tutorial was very enlightening since I had never thought of using the log controls to cancel out and mix colors between the shadows/mids/highlights. I feel like I have a better grasp of color grading than I did before.
Grade worked for me. As did the lighting. Enjoyed the shot from the hallway outside the room where the actor was backlit, especially. Several of the shots could have been cut a bit earlier than they were, but since this is just a "test," I suspect that is not a concern of yours.
Nice Job.
Thanks! Yeah the could use a little tightening up but since the goal was experiement with grades.. I am not too concerned. I am doing a 48 hour film festival in a couple of weeks and I wanted to show my team some different grades that we could potentially use depending on what genre we get.
That is a great site, thanks.
I liked your test, good grading in there. Well done.
Thank you very much!
Brad, both the Blockbuster and the Romantic grade look good. The Romantic could use some more work in terms of the look since it seems a bit half-hearted compared to the spot-on Blockbuster treatment. But I really liked your content change in the Romantic film since the hook at the end would be completely unexpected in that film's context. Thanks.
Rick Lang
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Thanks for the feedback Rick. Yeah I always felt that the Romantic look could use a little work. That's something that I will continue to tinker with as time goes on. I think it's amazing how different the feeling and vibe can be with video depending on how you manipulate the colors and contrast. That's the power of grading. Of course lighting is a big part of that too. The shots were lit more for a blockbuster look than they were a romantic look. I think some changes in lighting would have benefitted the romantic look greatly.