Blowout...fix this?

[livelikeriley]

Hey guys, I just shot with the HVX for the first time today...Most of the footage was great and I.ll upload some shots here soon, but I took this one shot at JFK airport and because I was so worried about getting stopped by security I let the lights blowout up top in the frame - I have a tighter shot, but don't like the composition as much. I'm inculding a frame grab here and if anyone has any ideas on fixing this [I use final cut pro] let me know. The clip needs colour correction as well... Anyway here goes.

<img src="http://www.theroyalefilmboutique.com/blowout.jpg">

Thanks,
Mark.

MODIFIED - Okay, I guess my HTML is a little rusty...just copy and paste the link above...http://www.theroyalefilmboutique.com/blowout.jpg

 

[Justyn]

not much you can do with direct light sorces.. they are gonna blow out and then compromising the exposure will make everything else dark. You could mask out the shapes or the top of the image and correct with the 3 way color corrector... crushing the black and bringing down the white..

 

[janusz]

if you have nattress' g-film plug-ins throw a tint gradient over top of it, black tint, like an ND. will help, but it's a practical in the frame. And most of the time praticals look nice when they're hot.

 

[livelikeriley]

I don.t have natress actually...I played with some of final cuts gamma/level controls but I don.t really know what I.m doing, so I can.t optomize it to get rid of this...it.s not a death-knell to the shot [esp. after I get all that blue out via colour correction...it looks rather good then] but it.s annoying to me...

Mark.

 

[TimurCivan]

ok look,

honestly, look at most films shot with DV. 28days later, November etc.... the MOST important thing is getting proper exposure on the Actors face. if that means blowing the sky.... sobeit, if that means blowing a lamp shade so be it... dont worry somuch about a small highlight burn out. just so long as there isnt a unnatural looking White burning blob on their face, its pretty much ok.

if you make the composition really good looking noone will notice the flourescant lighton the ceiling was over exposed. Infact, if someone is complaining about a lampshade burning out, while watching your film... you have bigger problems than a burned out lampshade.

 

[Jay Rodriguez]

ok look,

honestly, look at most films shot with DV. 28days later, November etc.... the MOST important thing is getting proper exposure on the Actors face. if that means blowing the sky.... sobeit, if that means blowing a lamp shade so be it... dont worry somuch about a small highlight burn out. just so long as there isnt a unnatural looking White burning blob on their face, its pretty much ok.

if you make the composition really good looking noone will notice the flourescant lighton the ceiling was over exposed. Infact, if someone is complaining about a lampshade burning out, while watching your film... you have bigger problems than a burned out lampshade.

my thoughts exactly!

 

[janusz]

I don.t have natress actually...I played with some of final cuts gamma/level controls but I don.t really know what I.m doing, so I can.t optomize it to get rid of this...it.s not a death-knell to the shot [esp. after I get all that blue out via colour correction...it looks rather good then] but it.s annoying to me...

Mark.

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