THE DEVIL'S TOY - a Sprocketboy production

Zaza is right. Sleep are for wimps.

SAG would have my butt for keeping young actors on the set for 12 hours, but it was hard to get rid of these kids. The farm had lots of fun things to do. The young actors and crew got along well with the horses. They are very sensitive creatures and adore company. One shot is in a darken stable, full of horses, and in the darkness its really amazing how much you sense their presence because of their size.

Grabs will be coming soon. I have to first put my life back together.
 
So about those grabs... No sleep! None of this "putting your life back together"... the movie IS your life! The hungry masses DEMAND screen grabs!

And the rest of us humbly request screengrabs....
 
Here are a couple of grabs with no grading.

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Looks great. I actually like the first two grabs virtually untouched/as is. The last one with the kids will benefit from the grading though. Love the framing.
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Looks great. I actually like the first two grabs virtually untouched/as is. The last one with the kids will benefit from the grading though. Love the framing.
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You are spot on with your comment. Almost every shot will have some form of grading. The color scheme I intend to stick with in this film are strong reds and greens, faces are warm and environments are neutral or desaturated. I still have to do a few tests and will post as I go along.

Michael, I really appreciate your opinion on this matter, so please let me know what you think about them as I post them. Thanks.
 
No problem. I'm no expert but I'll chime in with my 2 pennies. :)
It's looking really good though. How were the two boys to work with?
You happy with their performances?

I'm working with a little girl in mine.
 
In the beginning, it was a bit difficult to get what I want. The two boys were operating like method actors. They moved where they felt it was more natural in their performance. If I restricted them to some blocking - they would break it repeatedly. It drove the DP insane in the beginning. Eventually, I allowed them to perform with minimal direction, studied their movements and adapted our shots to compliment those movements. I'm sure Marlon Brando was no different in driving Directors and DPs insane.

In the end, I did get some seriously good performances following the directing approach mentioned above. Let them pretend and move freely.

At times, I applied some restrictions and you can see the performance become more wooden than a moment "experienced" by the actor. What can you do? Some shots require the actor to work within the camera's frame. I can't keep them all wide angle.
 
Dude, you're seriously rocking those shots. Your colors are rocking the joint all over, so much so I can't even imagine how you're going to grade it. I'm just blown away right now.
 
Just for fun.... I tried to get it closer to the look of the first two grabs. I know I'm not quite there but this took a just a couple of minutes.
I'm willing to bet you do a much better job. I boosted the yellow and you may not want to go there.

RAW
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w GRADING
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MAH
 
The intensity of the brightness is just right. The color and saturation of the hay is perfect. That's what I'm going for but I want the reds to pop out more. The red on the box, the flag and The warm hue on Tim's face should match the hue of the reds in the RAW image. Thanks for the experiment. Much appreciated. :thumbsup:
 
Now I'm getting jealous with all of these grading experiments there Mike. Just becasue Sproketboy's shots look so GORRAM AMAZING... arghh! I'm goign to go back to my hole and edit now.
 
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