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On 8/4/11 7:44 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
>
> Following up on "stylizing" the video to network taste. I remade my
> tests with split screens from camera original to color corrected and a
> few treatments including desaturated and more contrasty. I get a
> response questioning why one side of the split screen says "Not
> Desaturated." I confirm the file says "Pilot Desaturated." Turns out
> the producer is trying to judge these treatments looking on their, you
> guessed it, iPhone. I made my treatments on the heavy side to make
> sure the changes wouldn't be too subtle to notice because who knows
> what kind of computer screen they'll be viewing on, but seriously
> trying to judge the look on an iPhone! This is for a cable show not
> the iPhone. Is it just me or is this just a bit ridiculous?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...> wrote:
> >
> > Oh but you haven't seen how much "better" the show is now that I've
> added a treatment. I don't know how I could have missed the importance
> of "gritty" to a production. Thanks to the insightful suggestion from
> the executive brass I can safely say they saved the show. Here's a
> cinematic example of what we've done from the film Modern Romance. A
> classic depiction of this process.:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-mY17Djog&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-mY17Djog&feature=related>
> >
> > Make sure to watch the whole thing. The last line makes the scene
> and my point. ;-)
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "haus" <switthaus@> wrote:
> > >
> > > god I hate those...another reason reality TV is unwatchable....
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roger Shufflebottom <rogershuff@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I hope the cameraperson was doing those irritating little quick
> moves, reframes and crash zooms? No? Add them in post!
> > > >
> > > > On 3 Aug 2011, at 03:03, Andi Meek wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've just been on a job where everything had to be "edgy"! I
> hate that phrase!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Andi
> > > > >
> > > > > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > From: L2mail@
> > > > > > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 19:01:03 -0700
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Too Good A Job Issue?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While you're dialing in the "Gritty" can you maybe make the
> music more "Edgy!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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
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