Grabs from a short in progress...
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pastywhiteboy
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In my opinion, the grab of the girl in the back seat of the car is by far the best... that's really the only one that stands out to me, but it's hard to say that the others are necessarily good or bad without seeing them in the context of the film. On the last four grabs, using white diffusion can look nice, but the way it is now (especially on the stop sign picture) is overkill for my taste. Again, the coloration, angle, motion blur of the background, and the general look of the girl in the back seat picture are just outstanding.
PastyWhiteBoy
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Smithhouse
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Really like the first and the fourth grab.
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
2&3 look dark to me, but without seeing them in context, I don't know if they're supposed to be that dark. I'd lose the white diffusion on #6 unless it's a dream sequence or something.
I really like 1&4. Keep it up!
I really like 1&4. Keep it up!
1 and 4 are OK, depending on context. But the rest of them look like video, and bad video.
I can't imagine a context in which 2 and 3 would be good. In all honesty, they look like someone poked a consumer cam out the window of a car on a dreary day at dusk.
I don't say this to be harsh or condescending, but realistic.
I can't imagine a context in which 2 and 3 would be good. In all honesty, they look like someone poked a consumer cam out the window of a car on a dreary day at dusk.
I don't say this to be harsh or condescending, but realistic.
mcshyd
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i agree. i'd watch your exposure, and try to get everything right under white blowout. you can always darken things up in post, but not the other way around. 2 and 3 will probably fall to pieces if you touch them.
the dvx loves people and hates nature. at least with my experience. take number 5- if you had tightened up on the girls face you could avoid blowing out the sky, and have a wonderful composition. In its current state, half the image is garbage. I really like the girl in the car. Nice work.
the dvx loves people and hates nature. at least with my experience. take number 5- if you had tightened up on the girls face you could avoid blowing out the sky, and have a wonderful composition. In its current state, half the image is garbage. I really like the girl in the car. Nice work.
mynamesbuck
Active member
You need to do some serious color correction. My canon MVi800 has produced better images.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Crap.
damn john, I think if I'd posted that as my entire comment my thread would get deleted heh. (its happened before)
Anyway, not to rehash something anyone else has said, but you should really ditch the pink barbell in the head. The way you shot it, and the skin tones and CC makes it look like a horrendous growth in the backseat shot. Definitely need something that contrasts more, like a black barbell or something.
Anyway, not to rehash something anyone else has said, but you should really ditch the pink barbell in the head. The way you shot it, and the skin tones and CC makes it look like a horrendous growth in the backseat shot. Definitely need something that contrasts more, like a black barbell or something.
ZombieSquid
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I wanna marry you, John.
John_Hudson said:
Seriously though, at least for me, it is really hard to judge screen shots. Personally I'd like to see small 5-10 second clips.
My feeble brain needs to see them in context. Does the scene take place in the dark? Is this a dream sequence were the colors are supposed to be saturated? I can go on...
So, if you can export a few clips and post them, that would be great.
Thanks everyone for the comments, now I know what I need to work on. Also these have all been color corrected and that might have something to do with why they're so shitty.
Here's one of the original grabs, I'll try to get some up later:
I'll try to get some clips up later tonight also so you all can see them in context.
- Austin -
Here's one of the original grabs, I'll try to get some up later:
I'll try to get some clips up later tonight also so you all can see them in context.
- Austin -
pastywhiteboy
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Yeah, although that grab doesn't have a ton of visual depth, it looks about 100x better than the "corrected" version. You could leave it as is or just crunch your blacks a little bit (not too much!) and it'd turn out nicely.
MiniMan
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Well, I kind of like the CC on some of these, but what seems to be wrong, very very wrong, is the composition of the grabs. Almost all of them has their subject centered, or off center looking out of the picture. Not good. Keep them away from the center, and looking into the picture, not out of it, it will make them soo much mor comfortable to look at.
Oh John... Yesh really, constructive stuff you have there
Oh John... Yesh really, constructive stuff you have there
pastywhiteboy
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So here's a quick example of what I was talking about in the last post. I probably went a little bit overboard, plus I have no idea what sort of look you're going for. So this may not be at all what you're looking for, but just an visual example of my thoughts.
-pasty
-pasty