ColorBalance
Active member
I posted this in the cinematography section as there was thread going on already. Copying it from there to here.
Suppose you light up the whole stage with varying intensity of light, that is, the areas of interest (talents, for example) have more light then the areas of no interest (background, for example). In other words, You can see everything clearly on the set as everything is well-lit (as opposed to having some dark areas).
Now you shoot your scene without overexposing the bright areas with Iris wide open. Given that everything is well-lit and iris is open, your video camera (EX1) will capture all the details - including the not-so-interesting ones. This will be a good capture from engineering POV, but very boring artistically.
Then in the post, you play with tools to crush the so called black, increase the contrast, and so on to create your cinematic scene.
How will this strategy work out?
Suppose you light up the whole stage with varying intensity of light, that is, the areas of interest (talents, for example) have more light then the areas of no interest (background, for example). In other words, You can see everything clearly on the set as everything is well-lit (as opposed to having some dark areas).
Now you shoot your scene without overexposing the bright areas with Iris wide open. Given that everything is well-lit and iris is open, your video camera (EX1) will capture all the details - including the not-so-interesting ones. This will be a good capture from engineering POV, but very boring artistically.
Then in the post, you play with tools to crush the so called black, increase the contrast, and so on to create your cinematic scene.
How will this strategy work out?
