Godox SL60W - Sun Test - Cinematic Color Grading

[tommetass]

Ashamed to say I tried to do what ‪@RobEllisCinematographer‬ talked about in one of his videos, and this was the best I could come up with.
This is actually both a lighting video and color grading. But since the video itself is more about the color grading, I put it here.

I'm still really new with using these COB lights. But it's very fun though!
Trying to pull off focus when filming myself is also a challenge.

The setup:Two Godox SL60W with the reflectors, on tripods standing maybe 5 meters away from me (outside), maybe 2.5 meters high, and pointing from an angle towards the window.The lights are daylight (5600 Kelvin), so to make them feel like the sun (warmer) I upped the white balance in camera to around 6300 Kelvin.

Shot with the Lumix S5
Sigma 35mm f/2.0
Edited with Adobe Premiere and color graded in Lumetri Color.

 

[LennyLevy]

Not sure what you wanted a reaction to here,. It looks fine and it does look like sunlight . However as a few points of information:
1- direct sunlight is a single point - typically wouldn't be emulated by 2 lights coming from reflectors. No problems with this shot but it very well might be with something more complex. Its pretty common to soften that source though to make face look good.
2- What you're labeling as 709 looks like some version of Log and if it were 709 wouldn't need a LUT unless it was some kind of a special look.
3. Direct sunlight actually is 5600 not 6300 though applying a white balance of 6300 would make it look warmer more like late afternoon Sun which is could be anywhere below 5000 or so.
Hope that's useful info for you.

 

[tommetass]

Not sure what you wanted a reaction to here,. It looks fine and it does look like sunlight . However as a few points of information:
1- direct sunlight is a single point - typically wouldn't be emulated by 2 lights coming from reflectors. No problems with this shot but it very well might be with something more complex. Its pretty common to soften that source though to make face look good.
2- What you're labeling as 709 looks like some version of Log and if it were 709 wouldn't need a LUT unless it was some kind of a special look.
3. Direct sunlight actually is 5600 not 6300 though applying a white balance of 6300 would make it look warmer more like late afternoon Sun which is could be anywhere below 5000 or so.
Hope that's useful info for you.

Thats very useful! I really appreciate it!

 

[markfpv]

3. Direct sunlight actually is 5600 not 6300 though applying a white balance of 6300 would make it look warmer more like late afternoon Sun which is could be anywhere below 5000 or so.
Hope that's useful info for you.

And I believe Lenny is being generic - or using that color temp generally, when he says 56k. As the color temp of sunlight, at least in my exeperience, depends at least partly on the time of day. And certainly when filtered through clouds, haze, etc, it can vary significantly. (white balancing with your camera can show you the temp if you don't have a color meter)

 

[tommetass]

And I believe Lenny is being generic - or using that color temp generally, when he says 56k. As the color temp of sunlight, at least in my exeperience, depends at least partly on the time of day. And certainly when filtered through clouds, haze, etc, it can vary significantly. (white balancing with your camera can show you the temp if you don't have a color meter)

Yeah, I actually did a test after this where i changed the color temperature in-camera with these lights.

I would probably also need a lot more powerful light than what I have. These are 60W COB's. (That's why I used two.)

Thanks mate!

 

[morgan_moore]

I dont quite know what you are doing.. but if it is narrative/drama.. then seeing one frame is a little short of the full ticket. What happens if he moves back into the room or has some other action?

 

[tommetass]

I dont quite know what you are doing.. but if it is narrative/drama.. then seeing one frame is a little short of the full ticket. What happens if he moves back into the room or has some other action?

That's a good question.
This was nothing other than a test. I don't think it looks good (enough). But I learnt quite a bit from just that simple test.

But as you rightly point out. if I move, the effect is gone. I haven't lit the scene, but rather lit the subject.

 

[morgan_moore]

..and if that works.. it is fine.

I think it looks OK!

One thing to consider as well as dinking with camera colour temp is some 1/4 straw on the fixtures.