KERBEROS - desktop color grading

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Kely

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Been a while since I posted... still working on the EX1 feature KERBEROS.

I constantly see examples of wonderfully lit and shot footage on this forum, and hats off to all who are 'doing'.

As people start moving into the EX3 and the iterations of the Red camera, just a quick reminder to keep pushing the 'post' processing and color grading for nearly all footage so as to maximize the story telling ability of whatever formats and cameras we shoot on. Rarely can the success or lack of success on a movie (short, feature, or music video) these days be attributed to the shortcomings of a camera.

Story, story, story... then acting, and then the 'art' of the frame...

Here are a few shots - before and after - presented at 50% size and compressed with a med quality jpeg setting. These are 'normal' shots - no effects or action. Shot on EX1 with stock lens in a variety of lighting situations - all certainly helped with some subtle and some not so subtle post - time consuming but worth it to my eye.

Many (and maybe most) the time I am trying to make up for my mistakes or rushed shots - not everyone will have as many - but if I deleted all the mistakes, I wouldn't have a movie at all!


For those interested, there is also a link on the bottom of the thumbnail page to the graphics created for the title sequence - predominately footage from the film manipulated and composited using various transfer modes to control.

the link to color grading examples

keep filming

Kely
KERBEROS
BLOOD TIES
 
Really looking forward to the finished film. Great info and insight as usual, the stills look very high class and the CC really does enhance the image. Kepp us updated, we want to know more :)
 
Thanks,

I'll try to post more extreme examples soon, as well as the basic steps I take in approaching these scenes with the software I use.

It might seem strange to post this here as opposed to the post production forums, but my eyes have adjusted to looking through a view finder and pretty much knowing what it can or will become. The knowledge of it's possibilities I think can answer a lot of questions and decision making while shooting in the variety of situations we find ourselves. I set up, block, and shoot based on creating the best shot possible not only for what the camera can capture, but for what I will eventually present.

Anyway, I hope it helps and I look forward to scouring this forum to keep learning from others.
 
Hey Kely, I see you worked on the Amercian Ninja franchise. A close friend of mine, Mike Stone, developed that series years ago. Mike is still around, he lives in the Philippines and doing great. Interesting life he's led.
 
Please say hi to him. Mike is the one that originally found me (to replace Van Damme). Though that deal fell apart, Mike brought me to SA to work and then introduced me into Hollywood. I also spent a big part of a year living and training with Mike and his wife in Bohol, PH.

Mike put me on the road to modifying my techniques for film, and is himself a testament to how tough training for films can be.

I just did an extensive interview with a British mag about how Ninja introduced me to filmmaking... I'll post a link if it ever comes out...

best

Kely

mcclung.kely@gmail.com
 
Kely said:
Please say hi to him. Mike is the one that originally found me (to replace Van Damme). Though that deal fell apart, Mike brought me to SA to work and then introduced me into Hollywood. I also spent a big part of a year living and training with Mike and his wife in Bohol, PH.

Mike put me on the road to modifying my techniques for film, and is himself a testament to how tough training for films can be.

I just did an extensive interview with a British mag about how Ninja introduced me to filmmaking... I'll post a link if it ever comes out...

best

Kely

mcclung.kely@gmail.com
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Yes, I'm from Bohol too, he's still with Taiyna, still trains, still with the dogs, everything. He's changed a lot of people's lives for the better. A lot of people talk the talk, Mike walks it.
 
Wow - that's great! I only have the utmost gratitude for those who influenced my life, even the bad guys... but Mike is definitely one of the good guys.

Just this quick connection is validation of the power of the internet and these forums in particular as a way to learn and share. There is a lot of knowledge out there. As one of my other teachers told me many years ago, knowledge belongs to no one person, but to any who can understand it.

Good luck and creating to all - I'll post soon on some of the definitive steps I use to grade and manipulate my footage.
 
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