Grabs...take a look

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Nobody356

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Heres some grabs from my feature that I am currently filming....I just was playing around with some cc on some random shots
Cell Grab 1.jpg

Cell Grab 2.jpg

Cell Grab 3.jpg


Not sure I like the look on the last one so much...what u all think?
 
I really like grabs #1 and #3. The middle looks a bit video-ish, to me. I really lioke the diffused glow #3 has. Would work great for a flashback/dream sequence of some kind. What filters did you use on it?
 
bright/contrast hsl adjust 2 color balances glow and mb-diffuseblacks

thx for the input... now that u said that about #2 i agree with u totally and wanna change it... i think its the blue of his shirt
 
I really liked the second shot and didn't think it looked like video. But then again, that shade of blue is my favorite color.

Plus, I really liked the composition.

But if you CC'd it to your liking, the composition wouldn't change.

Try to keep the blue though! :)
 
Looks good man, keep it up!

Edit: with color grading, make sure you don't let the image get soft...it'll get too dreamy...
 
Very nice looking images. I also liked number two, and don't find it to be unappealing at all. I do question whether this would be the look of the entire film. The only problem that I see is that the "glow" is a bit much for having it go through the whole film. Maybe tone back the glow a tad, so that it is less obvious, but still accomplishes it's job of softening highlights.
 
I don't know about anyone else, but does it seem like everyone does a kidnapping movie on here? it's all about the duct tape around the mouth. hmmmm
 
It looks like you have used Magic Bullet. It looks a bit soft.
The images are beautiful, but I prefer the normal color correction over Magic Bullet effects.
I don't know it this is the case, but it looks like MB.
 
scharky said:
Very nice looking images. I also liked number two, and don't find it to be unappealing at all. I do question whether this would be the look of the entire film. The only problem that I see is that the "glow" is a bit much for having it go through the whole film. Maybe tone back the glow a tad, so that it is less obvious, but still accomplishes it's job of softening highlights.
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I agree the images are nice but if it is that way through the whole piece it would be to much... other wise the grabs are very cool...
 
i agree it would be cool for a special sequence but they look a bit too soft if the whole movie is color corrected that way.
 
I don't mean to be critical but this "look" has been totally overdone. Every second person is using it and it looks more like Magic Bullet than DVX. Unfortunately, this look is becoming a cliche and I would avoid it as much as possible with the exception of maybe a dream sequence or something that you want to contrast against the rest of the film.

Anyway, just my 2 cents but I encourage you to continue and work on creating imagery that doesn't require a lot of post work.
 
disjecta said:
I don't mean to be critical but this "look" has been totally overdone. Every second person is using it and it looks more like Magic Bullet than DVX. Unfortunately, this look is becoming a cliche and I would avoid it as much as possible with the exception of maybe a dream sequence or something that you want to contrast against the rest of the film.

Anyway, just my 2 cents but I encourage you to continue and work on creating imagery that doesn't require a lot of post work.
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It totally agree. Everybody has been using a lot of Magic Bullet. It just doesn't look that natural.
 
My favorite is the first one.

Personally, I think it's too Magic Bulletified, I'd like to see it toned down. But maybe it's just me, but I'm sick of seeing all these super soft diffused whites that everyone does with MB. The purpose of that effect IMO is to achieve a dreamy look if you crank it up, or to just subtley soften up images that are too digitally crispy looking to make them look more like film, but everyone cranks it up too much...

But it looks good. :)
 
The voice of reason from D Man and araujofh

This Magic Bullet thing is so overly done. It looks like some South Miami Music Video or something.
 
disjecta said:
I don't mean to be critical but this "look" has been totally overdone. Every second person is using it and it looks more like Magic Bullet than DVX. Unfortunately, this look is becoming a cliche and I would avoid it as much as possible with the exception of maybe a dream sequence or something that you want to contrast against the rest of the film.

Anyway, just my 2 cents but I encourage you to continue and work on creating imagery that doesn't require a lot of post work.
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That is probably the best advice you can get. There is absolutely no substitute for getting the best images in-camera, and I think that many people don't understand that and just figure they'll fix everything in post. The DVX can do so many good things BEFORE you edit, it just takes time experimenting with the settings, but it is worth the effort.
 
disjecta said:
I don't mean to be critical but this "look" has been totally overdone. Every second person is using it and it looks more like Magic Bullet than DVX. Unfortunately, this look is becoming a cliche and I would avoid it as much as possible with the exception of maybe a dream sequence or something that you want to contrast against the rest of the film.

Anyway, just my 2 cents but I encourage you to continue and work on creating imagery that doesn't require a lot of post work.
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You said it all my friend...... I'm getting really sick of the MB look. People are just relying on it way too heavily.
 
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