Working the EX1 feature ?URL="http://www.kerberosbites.com/"?KERBEROS?/URL?.
I constantly see examples of wonderfully lit and shot footage on these forums, and hats off to all who are experimenting, learning, and doing.
As people start moving into bigger and better cameras (i.e. more expensive) just a quick reminder to keep pushing the 'post' processing and color grading for nearly all footage so as to maximize the story telling ability of whatever formats and cameras we shoot on. Rarely can the success or lack of success on a movie (short, feature, or music video) these days be attributed to the shortcomings of a camera.
Story, story, story... then acting, acting, and then the 'art' of the frame... (at least equal to if not more important than the image is sound) - but back to the footage...
Here are a few shots from KERBEROS - before and after - presented at 50% size and compressed with a med quality jpeg setting. These are 'normal' shots - no effects or action. Shot on EX1 with stock lens in a variety of lighting situations - all certainly helped with some subtle and some not so subtle post - time consuming but worth it to my eye. I've tried to add a few basic notes and will get more detailed in subsequent pages.
Many (and maybe most) the time I am trying to make up for my mistakes or rushed shots - not everyone will have as many - but if I deleted all the mistakes, I wouldn't have a movie at all!
For those interested, there is also a link on the bottom of the thumbnail page to the graphics created for the title sequence - predominately footage from the film manipulated and composited using various transfer modes to control.
the link to ?URL="http://www.kerberosbites.com/pages/cc_examples.html"?color grading examples?/URL?
keep filming
Kely
?URL="http://www.kerberosbites.com/"?KERBEROS?/URL?
?URL="http://www.bloodtiesmovie.com/"?BLOOD TIES?/URL?
for those who want to see a bit more in motion, there are high rez clips on the website and of course even more on ?URL="http://www.youtube.com/user/kelymcclung"?YouTube?/URL?
hope it all helps!
Kely
"talking people and doing people - for me, I hope to do"
"talking people and doing people - for me, I hope to do"
I just a got a new HD camera and I am making movies like crazy. I got the shots on paper, I know how to do them, but when I shoot them it always comes out worse than it was in my mind. I guess practice will fix that.
But I agree, any shot can be perfected in post. The more shots you spend more time on in post-production (and production) the better the film will be.
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"Imperfection equals Realism"
Maybe not perfected but definitely made better. Keep working and practicing...
will create a seperate post but here is a link to some specific adive and some of the steps...
http://www.kerberosbites.com/pages/digital_color_correction.html
"talking people and doing people - for me, I hope to do"
"talking people and doing people - for me, I hope to do"
