Hello,
I realized I haven’t made a post in a while, so I figured that I would put forth hard information on the color correction techniques I’m using and why they are important to creating a certain look and feel.
I feel like every film has had some type of post production editing done to the image quality — at least from the 80’s on they must have realized the beautifully startling effect just a little bit of tweaking could have.
The process is very similar to what a photographer would encounter when editing their photos in post, given that you’re literally just trying to improve the image quality in some way from the original. The tools used for editing in both video and photo allow the artist to have complete creative control over the image style.
As you can see in comparison, they lightened up the image, corrected the color on both the subject as well as the background and I’m sure they adjusted the contrast/levels to make the image more neutral in density.
Having complete creative control over the presented image means that you don’t have to stick with any certain look or feel. The programs I’m using to edit make it really easy to revert my changes and is powerful enough to change literally every aspect that I could want to about the image. Using the last image as an example, the barn door adjacent to the chicken didn’t seem right as a plain white.. the image looks more full – a little more intense and heavy. It gives the picture some weight, and if the emotions are high in the particular scene then I’m sure the two would translate well together on screen.
This is probably my favorite part of the process as I’m always trying to get the best possible image out of my cameras/I always have a certain look in mind when I start a film project. After every shoot, if I have time, I sit down with the footage, color correct most all of it and then decide on which specific shots to use after I have the completed footage.
I’m not sure if it’s the most efficient way to do what I need however having this kind of control intrigues me and, as I said, I enjoy spending my time on this part of the film making process. This activity only reaffirms my aspirations as a cinematographer of some sort, I’m pretty excited with what I could use this on in this future.
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Isabella
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Rob,
I can tell that color correction is an essential part of your process and you talk passionately about it in class when you show us your work. I can definitely appreciate the importance of making an image/video have a certain quality and tone and I think the fact that you’re paying such close attention to that is going to reflect in your final film. Can’t wait to see it!
Chantay Anderson
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What I have seen of your video is looking great! Everything is sharp and well put together. I can tell that you have put a lot of thought into the composition of your shots. I would really like to know how many times you take one shot until you feel like you have the perfect one? I’m excited to see the rest of your video in a couple weeks.
Hannah
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This really interest me because of how photoshop works with pictures. I can imagine that editing photos takes a lot less time than editing a video, because when there are usually only a few photos to edit a video has a lot more stuff to edit. These photos look really nice when they are corrected.
Kitty Center
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This is an exciting part of the process as color has an effect on how people feel. I loved that they used a gradual color drain in Halloween 2007 as the film moves from Michaels childhood to institutionalized adult Michael. Also the shots got more expansive to give a feel of isolation. I did not know this when I saw the film and when i read about it later I thought “No wonder I felt that way..” Cool fun stuff!