I shared this last year but still had a lot to learn. After significant upgrades, especially on the song's mix, it's finally prime time on Jaz's channel proper. I even submitted it to a few festivals [crosses fingers]
I didn't even know what panda eyes was till today. But like they say, once you see it you can't unsee it :Drogar-KnockedOut(D and it's bugging me now, so...
I think this is the best I can do without it looking unnatural. Panda effect is still there but less blatant. Thanks for the brutal feedback.
This is my first film, with 0 schooling, and I did everything myself. So you're probably being generous. heh
"Panda eyes" made me think of an epiphany I had recently: is the function of a makeup artist in part to aid coloring in post? I see panda eyes in the first one, not the last 2. She was...
Do these even look graded, or just corrected? Or neither? lol I'm using a combination of manual adjustments and LUTs. Any feedback, either general or specific to each shot, is much appreciated. It's a cute short film and music video, and I'm honestly not sure what type of "look" I want. I don't...
Thanks everyone for schooling me. Those "75W" modelling bulbs were DIMMMMM. lol I think the 300W and 30W fresnels were a perfect combo. This is damn near close to the look I was going for. Just a touch more fill, or maybe not pull the shadows down so much. heh (pardon the low-res, it's a screen...
Nighttime, indoors. 3rd floor. Corner. Lots of windows, so there will probably be some amount of ambient light. The studio supplies 3 Paul C Buff Digibee DB800's and C stands.
What I'm trying to do: reflective hair ties on a long braid, maybe reflective tape on the dancer's fingers. So mostly...
I hung out mostly on dpreview. Very helpful, but in hindsight I shoulda hung out here too, since it's obviously focused on film. Here's my first effort: