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A non tech and non feature request- How do you feel at the end of a session?
I guess this borders more on experience and theory end of the scale. I don’t see too much of the theory threads here all that much..
I guess what I would like to ask is after you do a film or short. Do you always feel a bit let down on how it ended up? I find that especially now with the wide acceptance of DSLR stuff that I tend to spend way more time fixing basic flaws in cinematography and doing a lot of clean up. This tends to leave less time for the more creative grading. It is almost as if we have worse material to start with. Now red stuff and Alexa stuff aside. Are you guys finding the quality bar lowered on what was shot and spending less time on grading and more time on fixing?
CJ Adams
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Absolutely ! And it’s not the camera’s fault 😉
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It’s a good reason to try especially hard to cultivate relationships with cinematographers whose work you like to color… regardless if their various productions shoot Red, Alexa, DSLR, or film, it’s likely to be something you want to put your effort into…
…that said, somehow the work that is DSLR always seems less likely to make it to my reel.
KC
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Here’s how I deal with this on features..
I give the client a choice to work completely supervised, or “my way”. My way involves:
Day1: client sets looks for all key scenes.
Day 2, 3, 4: I work unsupervised. First I build the entire film out on a neutral pass and fixing problems. Then I apply style over the top. In case the client changes their mind on the style. Usually 10+ hour days, but I have itunes blaring in the background, and I break when I want. When its done, the film is at a place where I’m generally happy with it.
Day 5, 6: client reviews and tweaks: This gives 2 full days of ironing, and indulging the Dir/DP in power windows that otherwise would never have fit into the schedule.That way when the film is done, the client is thrilled, and you’re ‘mostly’ happy with the result. Its filmmaking, so you never really feel complete with it. I’ve achieved grading “perfection” 2x in my life. And both times the client was as perfectionist as I was, and decided to spend the extra time until there was nothing more that could be done. But most of the time, you do what you can with the time you have.
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