Does Squeeze have a preset for that? If so I might consider it but I bet Sorenson would require a 360 account to do it. ;-)
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Cook <jeff@...> wrote:
>
> Hah! I thought you were going to say #6 wasn't really a photo!
>
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> Quoting johnrobmoore <bigfish@...>:
>
> > Well here's what I gave them:
> > 1) Split Screen Color Corrected vs Uncorrected
> > 2) Desaturated
> > 3) Desaturated, High Contrast
> > 4) Desaturated, High Contrast & Unsharp Mask to distress the image,
> > my favorite and I figure a word like "distressed" will make it sound
> > artsy fartsy.
> > 5) Desaturate, High Contrast & Heavy BCC Grain
> > 6) A CU of a big ole steamy pile of my dog's recent stool sample to
> > match what's between their ears. ;-)
> >
> > Just kidding on number 6. It really wasn't that steamy or that much
> > of a CU more of a medium shot. Oh well at least there's a decent
> > image to start with so we can F it up, oh sorry Greg, "Stylize it
> > up. And I think your right about what they might want but believe
> > me this show ain't the shield or Southland although it is set in the
> > Southern part of the country. I think a "Squel like a pig." effect
> > would be more fitting. Funny thing I do like the show and think
> > it's pretty good for the genre.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe they don't want if f'd up. Maybe they can't explain what
> >> they want. If you watch 'Southland,' you know they're going for
> >> that contrasty look that brings to mind 'the shield.' 'The
> >> Shield' was 16mm - so it was naturally rough. Southland is shot on
> >> RED MX - so they have way, way more latitude. On RedUser the DIT
> >> has clearly state that the images are pristine - it's a color
> >> correction choice to make it more blown out and harsh.
> >>
> >> So, maybe try grading a scene much more contrasty - like it came
> >> right out of an overexposed 5D - clip the sky more, crush the
> >> blacks, drop the gamma... you'll still have a very beautiful image,
> >> but it will be more 'gritty.' Watch 'Domino' or any other Tony
> >> Scott film - think of this as a creative opportunity.
> >>
> >> The beer commercials that are intentionally BADLY color-graded used
> >> to drive me crazy - now, well, it's just 'a look.'
> >>
> >> my.02
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:20 AM, John Moore wrote:
> >>
> >> > So today's request is the network executives feel the pilot
> >> looked TOO GOOD. It didn't look like the sizzle real which wasn't
> >> color corrected other than some offline color effects. The pilot
> >> is too pretty and the image too high quality. And the arm waving
> >> bonehead suggestion from the executive peanut gallery at the
> >> network, "Can you make it look more gritty?" Well F me skipping.
> >> I'll F up the image any way you like so it matches all the other
> >> crap on your network. I do understand how a "Gritty" look,
> >> whatever that means can be used effectively in certain types of
> >> programs but this ain't one of them. This is straight forward
> >> magazine television not "Tales From The Darkside."
> >> >
> >> > John Moore
> >> >
> >> > Barking Trout Productions
> >> >
> >> > Studio City, CA
> >> >
> >> > bigfish@
> >> >
>
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