I used the mask tracking feature to track the mask to the pimple, not an easy task, I often had to tweak it manually. I applied a Three-Way Color Corrector to the clip, the goal was to reduce the redness, decrease saturation and make that small amount of skin look natural.īelow you can see the mask applied directly within the filter, limiting the adjustment to that portion of the image. The pimple on the actor’s nose distracts the viewer and draws attention away from the story. Grading is about making your actors look good as well as helping the story progress. ![]() Do not use Three-Way Color Corrector to achieve the same look, unless you create a secondary color correction selecting only the upper shadows with the Luma qualifier. Do not apply undertones to the darkest blacks, you will not achieve the same vibrancy and you’ll end up with an Instagram look that looks unprofessional. It is usually applied to the upper shadows of an image, in this case I applied it closer to the bottom, paying close attention to leave the darkest portion untouched. I added a RGB Curves filter to the adjustment layer to apply an undertone to the image (a color cast applied specifically to a thin sliver of image tonality). I reduced the highlights and upper midtones, as the shot was too bright. Always keep your waveform monitor under control. I applied a LUMA CURVE filter to the clip to adjust the contrast and tonality. The LUT has darkened the whole image without crushing the blacks, it’s added some contrast and brought out saturation in the warm tones. Here is the result, definitely a good starting point. This is the good thing about adjustment layers: you can control the opacity -meaning the strenght- of the filters applied. I dropped the opacity of the adjustment layer down to 46,9%. I opened the Lumetri Color filter and I slightly pushed the Tint (green-magenta) towards magenta, to reduce -not suppress- the overall greenish tinge. That was going to be the overall look of the short. The shot was well exposed and gave me room to craft a darker and more mysterious look.Īfter a few tests I decided to with SL Gold Rush HDR, I used it on an adjustment layer that covered the whole length of the piece. This is our first shot, it has a letterbox of an aspect ratio of 2.28. Here is the color grading breakdwon of two shots. ![]() ![]() It saves everyone’s time, especially in shorts like this one where the setups are few. When the projects have tight deadlines and low money involved, I like to do my grading in Premiere. I edited and graded the project in the new Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015. We brought only 3 LED lights with very light stands. It had to be a quick and effective setup, I knew we were going to constantly look out for the police. The main sequences were shot around 10pm. Therefore we decided to film late in the evening. We had no money to ask for filming permits though. It’s shot on Canon C300 with manual prime Nikkor Lenses (28mm, 35mm, 50mm) which helped us achieve a great bokeh effect.ĭue to the subject, the film had to take place on the bank opposite the House of Parliament, London. A Justified Conflict is a low budget short film written by Reuben Williams.
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