Thursday, May 20, 2010

TVC - post 12

Well, the colour grade at Digipost happened today. Everyone was stoked to discover that we each had thirty minutes to work with the grader, rather than the 15 or 20 minutes we had been expecting.
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It was really interesting watching the grader work on everyone's TVCs. He was certainly far more sensitive to the subtleties of colour and light than I am, as one would expect from someone whose occupation it is to twist and tweak such things every day. I was really pleasantly surprised by the beauty he was able to bring out in shots that would otherwise have looked plain or dark etc. It was also great as far as revealing the capabilities and limitations of the technology available. Although I did not get a chance to ask why, I was surprised to find that he was only able to use oval shaped windows on the image to adjust specific areas of colour, rather than, say, rectangles. I can't think why this would be, but I should ask someone if I get a chance. I was also surprised to find that colour can't be simply injected into an image, like using the paint bucket tool on Paint. I had thought that if a shot were still then the grader may be able to put in a fill in a given area, like in a graphics program, but it seems not. Once again, there was no time to ask why this was the case. At the end of the session I asked the grader if he had any tips for us to get the most out of the grading experience when shooting in the future. He said to simply expose everything correctly, nice and flat, and then the grader will have everything they need to get the most out of the colours.

1 comment:

  1. The grading expirience sounds great, I really wish everyone would have had the chance to come.

    Sounds like you learnt a lot on your little outing and I'm sure that will help you in the future, making you more aware of what is possible in post.

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