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  • Coldplay iTunes Commercial Treatment

    Posted by Jonathan Reyes on November 11, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    I’m trying to replicate a look from the Viva la Vida iTunes commercial Coldplay did a while back. I was just curious if anyone knew how they treated the band members to have that “pseudo silouette” look, where they’re not quite all black, but show certain highlights, etc. you can view it on youtube here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mYc1m3lsM
    any tips or tricks you might give would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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    Grant Swanson replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Grant Swanson

    November 11, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    I would assume they were shot on green-screen, and then the color correction was applied to that. It looks fairly basic; try just adding a curves adjustment and bring the gamma way down, especially at the lower end.

    Grant Swanson
    Visual Effects Supervisor
    Video Apex – Minneapolis, MN
    videoapex.blogspot.com

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