Over-Lighting and Color Correction

[Hans Moleman]

The problem with your exact example is that in the original grab, your ratio isn't really contrasty at all, and rather flat. Adjusting the contrast just kinda kills your toe and should while keeping the subjects flat.

There's a reason film stocks have an 'optimum exposure' and the same is true for digital chips.

 

[Noel Evans]

Have you guys seen the movie? I'm interested to know if you think my technique worked or not. I'm starting to get used to the brightness the more I watch it.

I mentioned in your film thread I thought the light needed to be a bit harder. When she moves away from the doll house at the end, theres a hard light coming through the top left of the house, thats the kind of light that would have added more to it IMO. I like hard light for suspense but then with a softer falloff.