Screen Grabs / Color Corr? TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS!

A lot of people seem to think that there's a "look" to go for when adjusting color, contrast, etc that will be "right". I feel that film and video are artistic mediums that are completely subjective and open to the artist's individual style. If you like a certain look (i.e. super grainy, desaturated whatever) and you feel it works for your piece, then that's what's right for you. I like to bleed out my colors a little, or give everything a subtle hint of one color, but that's just me. Someone else might hate my look, but I'll think it looks great.

I guess whatever you use to gauge what is "right" is similar films and videos from you target audience or genre. If you're making a rock video, you want it to look like the other rock videos that are out at the time so that it'll fit in with the scene and seem more "mainstream". A lot of time when doing commercial work, we are setting our artistic ideals off to the side and doing our best to end up with a product that the customer is happy with, so I guess in that case there would be a "right" way to color correct something....I got off on a tangent. Sorry.
 
my opinion on this subject is somewhat similar to ZombieSquid, i think the colour on which you decide to grade the video with is totally up to the creative mind of the artist, just try different things that people have suggested and also take some time to study videos on here and on TV. Hopefully, from what you have gathered you can make a decision on what type of look you are aiming for.

I wouldnt be able to grade these images purely on what has been given to me because i dont know the style and content of the video, maybe you could post the music video on the net, this may help people to help you decide on a good option for colouring.
 
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