ARTISTIC CHOICE / COLOR MANAGEMENT

I.

(Oct 8th , 2016)

COLOR IN ETRNIT (TRAN ANH HUNG)

DP Christopher Doyle, Mark Ping Bin Lee (In The Mood For
Love)
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Used REC 709 gamma 2.4 (Dng h mu Rec 709 Gamma 2.4)

DP likes a certain look Camera Test Color Test in the Lab Create the LUT mainly using Primary
Bars. (DP thch mt kiu look no cho phim th lm Camera Test Color Test trong phng dng
ri to ra mt file LUT vi nhng hiu chnh mu c bn ko power window hay tracking)
GAIN

Often there will be the first one Node applied LUT (effecting Primary
Bars) and Another Node: 1st Node: 3D LUT + 2nd Node: S3Gammut
(Thng to ra 2 node node u tin b LUT vo v node th hai apply
S3 Gammut hoc RedLog)

Sending a message while color grading: Anh Hung and Mark

chooses to push the images that has hightlight to bring the highlights
up to the point where they can be burned. However, its an artistic
choice because when youre inside too long, when the sun hits you,
they want the feeling of seeing that light is strong, how that sunlight
bringtens the surrounding environment such as the actors hair, skin
tone, and clothing to be strong and massive.

For modern look & color: Sony A7S rather than FS 7 (Test)

Color Grading with feelings: Avoid numbers, use Tangent control

board.

Color grading but avoid changing the emotion

of the characters because sometimes the color
might take away some of the characters
expressions (pinky cheek, or heavy-eyelid, etc.)
.
o Example: The shot between the Mother
and the Daughter in Eternite.

Kodak LUT Also very interesting for this type

of movie.
A screen shot from Eternite

1.HIGHTLIGHT MANAGING / ViGNETTE

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WINDOW POWER: Creating different shapes like

rectangular geometry stuffs, star shape make
the vignette looks more natural, decrease Gain on
Hightlight. (Dng Window Power to ra nhng
hnh dng kiu ngi sao, hoc nhiu hnh tam
gic to vng vignette t nhin hn)

Creating Vignette to add the depth of field and

interesting lighting on the scene. (Vignette bng
power window vi hnh dng khc ngoi hnh trn
lm khung hnh t nhin hn, to ra chiu su v
nh sng t nhin cho phim)

WINDOWS OUTLINE ON or ON UI

Power Shape Window to control lighting

2.CREATING LUTS/
FOR A FILM

DECIDING

CAMERA TESTING A look for editing.

PRE-PRODUCTION RESEARCH

LOOK

o DAY 1, DAY 2 Research = Find the one shot that the DP and Director find most
relevant and interesting enough for the movie.
o DAY 3 Decide how the film is going to look
based on research.

II.

COLORING FOR DOCUMENTARY (Bitter Money Rec 709 Gamma

2.5
25fp)

Shot
on
A7S
(Chnh mu cho phim ti liu)
1.Keeping it real.
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For Documentary: The colorist like Yov Moores job are mostly keeping the color and exposure
under control but doesnt intrude too much of the original color space.

When import footage in 422HQ to Davinci Resolve it understands as video not data, so the
highlight or the shadow might be gone a little bit.

Its important to Import 422 HQ in Full Data Level into Resolve (careful with losing the
black color or highlight when shooting on A7S)
Import into Davinci Resolve: Clip Attribute For Data Level Choose Full
Check again to make sure to keep all video data before importing the clips to your
timeline.

III.

For these complicated situations, a color checker board like Macbeth can be helpful.

CREATING
LATTICE
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LUT

USING

EDIT before adding LUT LUT should be the final step. Dont
3D Look up table Tetrahedral
Should put the TIFFEN Lut node before the 709
After you like the look on Davinci Resolve you can export the LUT to put it into the
camera.
Its best to prepare some LUTs on hand so you can apply for the Director/DP when they
want to do Camera Testing
Examples about Tiffen Filters: Grape Tiffen A little Purple/ Magenta. = Good great on
Black skin, night scene. Choco Tiffen Rusty Brown filter look good on metal as well.
1.

CHOOSING THE CAMERA FOR THE DESIRED TYPE OF IMAGES (Chn ng

loi camera cho kiu hnh nh m mnh mun)

Sony is more clear than Alexa about capturing moving picture. (hnh nh ca Sony r rang
hn, sharp hn)
Alexa is one-way street - mostly rounder (hnh nh mm mi hn)
Examples: HUE Vs SAT Curve (lower both ends of the curve)
Beauty Box Plug in for Skin Treatment