Serene Green - A Photo Set

[CDMI]

BTS/Promo video for a photo set on zivity.com by Cole Benoit Photo.

Let me know what you think, I would really love some feedback. Good or bad, just any feedback would be appreciated!



http://vimeo.com/11124695

 

[MikeWilkinson]

Nicely done! What did you do to achieve your 'look' for this footage? I liked that you showed the photographer and didn't just focus on the model. I think you're about as long as you should be in terms of length... any longer and I would have lost interest without other things happening or some dialog.

 

[CDMI]

Nicely done! What did you do to achieve your 'look' for this footage? I liked that you showed the photographer and didn't just focus on the model. I think you're about as long as you should be in terms of length... any longer and I would have lost interest without other things happening or some dialog.

Thanks for the feedback! Talking with the photographer, we wanted the photos and video to have the same "look". He went for a very saturated look with blues in the shadows, and green boosted in the highlights. He sent me a still image, and I tweaked my video in Looks to try and achieve the same result. I used a vignette effect all the way through, and also boosted the overall saturation in many shots. I experimented with spot exposure adjustments in post. Mainly boosting the exposure on the photographers face in places, as he was usually out of the light. Not sure how well it worked, but I also tried adding a tilt shift focus effect in a shot or two. Mainly the dolly shots to blur the top and bottom of the frame.

I had a number of other shots/sequences I wanted to use, but like you I thought it was already long enough. Don't want to lose anybody's interest!

Thanks again for the comment. I find it tough to get honest feedback on my work, and that's what I need in order to improve!