Hitting the Grade
I've had a few e-mails wondering what exactly the grading process is all about. Grading the movie is colouring the image so that in no longer looks raw and how the camera takes it, but instead can fit the feel, mood and style of the piece. Although the Crew has a very important part in creating the look of the piece, grading the video afterwards adds to the overall...welll...feel, mood, and style :-D
Instead of going on and on about what and how the colour can be changed I have made a few examples from clips of the Roanoke rushes. I can't guarantee these shots will appear in the film, nor can i say the colour is correct (only spent a short amount of time grading them), however it gives off a good idea!
Here we are on a long boat, it should be dark and dingy, not bright and orange like the original footage makes it seem:
Out in the forests, just a slight change here but it makes all the difference:
It depends on the mood, with the expression of the face here I have taken out the bright glow, it now looks a lot more sinister:
The golden glow of Roanoke seeps through:
2 comments:
Is this like Photoshop for film makers then????
Rod
One Could Say That! Although the trouble with video is that when you skip from shot to shot it all has to look the same and sadly if you come up with a nice idea for one shot it could look terrible on another in that scene. Currently we're going with the idea that Roanoke has one Feel, England has a different feel, with the grade changing as the story progreses. Hopefully it will work!
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