some hvx footage....1080i 24/pa

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Steve McClean

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hey I just shot this yesterday afternoon and I was wondering if you think the colors look natural?

I also used John froton's favorite scene settings....

it is in 1080i 24/pa.

I also used magic bullet color correction, but I don't want to use those presets because I want to film something that will look good natually. which is really hard to do and I haven't done it yet. I always have to do basic color correction and then throw in a magic bullet to make it look good.

I'm still learning and practicing everyday......

I always have to turn on the internal ND filter(because of the sun) which makes everything more dull and not so vibrant.(a little bit)

there is so many variables in trying to make the footage turn out good....its hard

here is the footage- http://www.vimeo.com/1033455

any tips or comments could only help.

steve
 
Hey Steve,

The video looks reaaly nice to me ... and even with the scene settings I posted :)

To me, I think the colors look natural and slightly saturated, which is a look I like. As long as you properly white balance, you should be good with natural color tones with these settings.

Something that you might try (which is a modification to my fav scene settings I posted .. possibly my new fav now) is switching the gamma to Cinelike-D from B-Press and then lowering the Master Pedestal to -7 and raising the Chroma Level up to +4 from +3. What this will do is change the gamma curve to look more like film by compressing and flattening the contrast and allowing for more dynamic range throughout the grayscale that maps the luminence --- which is just a complicated way of saying that there is a larger range from white to black. And because it makes the deep darks seem lighter and the bright whites seem darker, I lowered the pedestal to help make the blacks come down to pure black again to help the colors look a bit more vivid the way that the B-Press setting does.

So .... the B-Press is great for vivd video color and works great. However, I am starting to lean toward using Cinelike-D for more dynamic range and filmlike gradients. The Cinelike-D makes a big difference with skin and fleshtones on people and is much more filmlike in the luminence curve compared to B-Press.

Hard to make that a final choice though, because your B-Press footage looks great and so has some of the stuff I shot using those settings. On top of that, B-Press is much less noisy.
 
Something that you might try (which is a modification to my fav scene settings I posted .. possibly my new fav now) is switching the gamma to Cinelike-D from B-Press and then lowering the Master Pedestal to -7 and raising the Chroma Level up to +4 from +3. What this will do is change the gamma curve to look more like film by compressing and flattening the contrast and allowing for more dynamic range throughout the grayscale that maps the luminence --- which is just a complicated way of saying that there is a larger range from white to black. And because it makes the deep darks seem lighter and the bright whites seem darker, I lowered the pedestal to help make the blacks come down to pure black again to help the colors look a bit more vivid the way that the B-Press setting does.

Hey thanks, I'm going shooting tomorrow with a friend and I wrote done your new settings and I will give them a try. Thanks for posting these up, its a big help.( I know how to use the hvx, but I also don't know how to use the hvx. If you know what I mean.) your settings help.

thnaks

steve
 
I like your look a lot, not what I'd call naturalistic, more like hyper real. Like an HD video game.

What really stood out for me was your sound. Where'd ya' get such cool sound effects?
 
Self-appointed critic....

Self-appointed critic....

Steve McClean said:
hey I just shot this yesterday afternoon and I was wondering if you think the colors look natural?

I also used John froton's favorite scene settings....

it is in 1080i 24/pa.

I also used magic bullet color correction, but I don't want to use those presets because I want to film something that will look good natually. which is really hard to do and I haven't done it yet. I always have to do basic color correction and then throw in a magic bullet to make it look good.

I'm still learning and practicing everyday......

I always have to turn on the internal ND filter(because of the sun) which makes everything more dull and not so vibrant.(a little bit)

there is so many variables in trying to make the footage turn out good....its hard

here is the footage- http://www.vimeo.com/1033455

any tips or comments could only help.

steve
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Your piece really captured a pov perspective of an Anti-Christ spirit plotting an assault on a Church. I visualized demons slithering around the building seeking weaknesses and the demise of the same. Your camera angle gave the building a sense of strength. Good dramatic excerpt from a film yet to be written. The colors and production quality were exceptional. I found great similarity to the production value of the R. Redford movie, 'A River Runs Through It'. But with all of that said, I would just add, try and use a tripod and if you don't want to use the ND filter try changing the shutter speed, works great when there is no action.
 
Looks great. The very first shot of the church looks like you are shooting a model. Also, did you so this hand held? It looks a little bouncy and I didn't know if you did this on purpose? Great job.
 
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