conrad_johnson Girl Next Door

conrad_johnson said:
In the CC'd one I upped the conrtast and the saturation. But Maybe I don't push things far enough. Like, in herofest someone told me that my images looked flat and that I should CC them more. But i'm not sure what to do, I do what I think is tasteful and appropriate and when I watch movies they dont crush the blacks to smitherines and color everything wierd colors very often. Also I worry about the contrast stuff when I'm lighting moreso than in post. So i'm a little stumped, maybe you guys can show me what you'd do. Any help is appreciated.
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Doesn't look like your actually getting to pure black.
If you had letterbox on your image, your blackest black should be the same as the letter box ...
 
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If you had letterbox on your image, your blackest black should be the same as the letter box ...
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Only if there IS a true black in the image otherwise you're going to skew your color and contrast improperly. :)
 
like I said, black, not dark grey :) :)

butu he's talking about color grading or color timing, not callibrating a monitor ... so "proper" or "improper" are less apropos.

Devil's Rejects looks fantastic ... why? among other things Crushed Blacks and Blown Out whites ... can't get much more contrasty than that, and some shadows were definately crushed down ... I also think it's not a look that hits you over the head so much like a lot of tony scott looks, say.


Conrad when i dropped your images in FCP and did the 3 way auto color corrector, it actually lowered your whites more than anything, though just a little, and dropped the blacks even more slightly depending on the grab.

You don't shoot with your master ped in positive numbers do you? :eek:
 
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Jack Daniel Stanley said:
like I said, black, not dark grey :) :)

Devil's Rejects looks fantastic ... why? among other things Crushed Blacks and Blown Out whites ... can't get much more contrasty than that, and some shadows were definately crushed down ... I also think it's not a look that hits you over the head so much like a lot of tony scott looks, say.


Conrad when i dropped your images in FCP and did the 3 way auto color corrector, it actually lowered your whites more than anything, though just a little, and dropped the blacks even more slightly depending on the grab.

You don't shoot with your master ped in positive numbers do you? :eek:
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I think this time I shot with the master ped at like, -6 or so. if you could show me what you'd do (this applies to anyone) I would greatly appreciate it.
 
I think you've got the ballsiest screen grabs of them all, Johnson.

All puns instead.

How was that? Shooting a naked actor and how did your actress react when she had to straddle him?

Looks really bloody mang. :thumbsup:
 
conrad_johnson said:
I think this time I shot with the master ped at like, -6 or so. if you could show me what you'd do (this applies to anyone) I would greatly appreciate it.
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I'll see what I can do. Majorly behind the eightball right now ... but for you ... hey:)

Basically though what I would do is spend weeks obsessing over it, so I don't know that I can turn out something brilliant in the couple of hours I have to spend on this.

What do you want the footage to look like?

One approach is pick a film that you love that has the feel you are going for. Pull some grabs from that and then work until you get that look.
 
Kholi said:
How was that? Shooting a naked actor and how did your actress react when she had to straddle him?

Looks really bloody mang. :thumbsup:
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I used my friends so they didn't mind. If I would have used actors, they probably would have complained and got embarrased, at least that's what has happend to me in the past. That's why I just use my friends now.
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
You don't shoot with your master ped in positive numbers do you? :eek:
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I shoot everything at Master Ped 0.... I then crush my blacks and whatnot in post... gives me the most image to work with I have found.
 
SBT7000 said:
...but horror movies need to have naked women, guys only if its a funny situation.
-sam
sbt7000@hotmail.com
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interesting ... seems you're are OK with the nudity in lighter situation, which probably means it's more gratuitous.

Countries gone the other way ... we won't tolerate breastesses flopping out on the run from a killer or a gratuitous chase through the girls locker room. We will tolerate nudity in a sex scene and in more intense dramatic situations.

seems you are not against the nudy kazoodyness but just mixing the nudity and violence? or does it just make you uncomfortable? if so then conrad is probably onto something as the horror genre is often about confronting taboos.

Curious to hear your response, thanks. :thumbsup:

Jack
 
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If nudity in a horror movie is going to be used in a matter that's NOT humurous, then I would agree mixing it with violence would be most effective. And that effect (for me)is a disturbing, uneasy feeling. I think its possible to achieve that level of uneasiness WITHOUT violence+nudity, or torture/rape (I think the two combos are synonomous). I'd rather see a movie without the torture and rape, I've never had any personal encounters, I just don't like it. A splatter-fest movie, or startling, grossout, creepout-type of movie is more entertaining. And that's what it's all about, entertainment.
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
Looking good man ... seems like you got some more contrast going. :thumbsup:
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Great!
I did what you said and looked at some movies on the internet.

I tried really hard on the CC this time, so I hope it pays off.

I hate Mr T.:costumed-smiley-047
 
Dude I can only listen on my wee laptop speakers as I'm travelling but so far I think it sound farkin AWESOME.

Sounds like Marilyn Manson rather than classic metal, which is cool (not that classic metal isn't) and great for the genre.

Kewel. Who's we and what did you specifally do on the song?
 
We are myself and my intern Eli (I have a studio here in Minneapolis).
I played the drums and Mixed it.
Eli wrote it, sang, played bass and guitar.
 
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