Hah! I thought you were going to say #6 wasn't really a photo!
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Quoting johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net>:
> 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
>>
>> gh
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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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