Re: [Avid-L2] Too Good A Job Issue?

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."
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