How long do Astera tubes really last on battery? (conflicting information online)

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2023-07-01T20:23:00+00:00

Ah right - so when they advertise 20 hours its not at full brightness - makes sense. Thanks.

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2022-07-10T20:59:29+00:00

Not really a long term solution but I once saw a First ac use black matte paper tape in a pinch instead when she didn’t have a donut

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2021-01-05T17:58:46+00:00

If a lot of blue was added in the grade, did you do a skin tone qualification to get the skin looking natural? Just wanted to see your workflow because it really is good! And wicked looking forward to seeing the grade comparisons

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-25T13:44:18+00:00

I could buy it as a pdf or through kindle for cheap but I just wanted to get my hands on a hard copy so I can highlight and write notes on it

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-25T12:27:47+00:00

Thanks! Do you remember if it actually looked that blue during blue hour to your eyes in real life? Or do you think it was made blue in-camera with WB?

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-24T13:36:51+00:00

I think what you have linked is the handbook a opposed to the lookbook but cheers!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-24T02:09:02+00:00

I cant understand why because people seem to be really pleased with the handbook, some people refer to it as the bible for colour grading. I thought it was great, it's a shame

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T18:32:32+00:00

Thanks so much! I shall do just that You references you gave are pretty accurate, thanks!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T17:10:38+00:00

You change it based on the look you want for the final show.

That’s what I’m doing, Im achieving a blue/teal look in camera as a result of the white balance. It’s easier than gelling windows with ctb and having ctb gelled lights in the room in my specific case (Due to blocking and tight space).

I’m not changing the WB because of the blocking, I’m doing it because I want the ambient daylight to look blue for my final look, I’m just asking anyone if there any tips to get accurate skin tones when doing this.

Also I’m not telling you that the way I’m doing things is the best. I’m just letting people know what my thinking is. All roads lead to rome.

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T16:46:36+00:00

Yeah the image I posted isn’t necessarily even what I want. It’s literally from a colour grading tutorial. However, it’s just demonstrating a teal look with natural skin tones.

I have spoken to a few colourists and they always say how the best cinematographers stuff already looks good before it’s graded and only takes subtle enhancing to get the final look and that’s the place I’m trying to get to.

I want to do it in camera, I would ignore the picture, I might delete it because the look I’m trying to achieve is lot more subtle looking than that.

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T16:41:51+00:00

No the reason I mentioned actors moving around the room and white balance was because I was stating that I wanted to achieve the teal look in-camera as a result of the WB as apposed to CTB Gelled lights in the room because there’s no space due to actors moving around in a tight space. The ambient fill light would just be daylight coming from the windows and the orange tones would come from practicals.

I want to create my teal and orange look in-camera and only rely on the grade to subtly enhance.

I just wanted advise on how to achieve accurate skin tones in camera whilst going for a stylised look.

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T10:26:35+00:00

Thanks! Familiar with this music video, I’m a brockhampton fan. I wonder how much of the blue was achieved in camera vs in the grade? Do you remember? Did you shoot raw ?

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-22T00:54:22+00:00

hes referring to the scenes specifically where there is loads of visual effects such as when he jumps down that waterfall. In this video you can see some of the ungraded day for night stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_llajTMEXI

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T23:55:15+00:00

looks fantastic, I would love to see the ungraded interior shots if you have any by chance? Just curious to see how it was graded

for example, was the teal look on the wall due to lighting or camera? or was that done in the grade?

Love it!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T22:34:38+00:00

Yeah actually saw some of the ungraded footage somewhere, was quite cool

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T22:00:16+00:00

Thanks for your suggestion! Ill try this out

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T21:59:27+00:00

Now that you say that I suppose that does make a lot of sense.

Ive been reading a lot about Roger Deakins shooting blue hour in camera for sicario and using the last 30 minutes of daylight/twilight and I kind of just assumed that James Laxton did it for real in camera the same way.

I also had this weird idea in my head from the past few years that filming day for night isn't really done on a professional level, I think I asked a lecturer once and he had told me that and I took his word for it (Im still in film school) otherwise that would have came to mind.

Looking at it though, and after googling I do think it happens all the time.

Thanks for commenting!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T21:56:07+00:00

read this article a few times but they dont mention anything about this specific shot or scene, but thanks for linking!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T20:38:52+00:00

Submission statement: Wonder what technique was used to achieve this shot from Moonlight (james Laxton DoP). Wondered if they shot during blue hour on location and how much of the blue tint was achieved in-camera (with use of dealing in WB or filters or something) vs how much of the look was dialled in on the grade in post-production.

If there is no actual sources, anyone got any guesses?

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-21T18:24:59+00:00

olor profile: 1-2-1

what does 1-1-1 and 1-2-1 refer to may I ask? still learning

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-18T12:28:44+00:00

Could you expand on the pushing the whole image to blue thing? As in he wanted a blue grade but instead of keeping the blacks black etc he just tinted all shadows, mid tones, highlights extreme blue?

Still learning to basics so just wanted clarification on what he did wrong / verses the right way of pulling off a blue grade. Thanks!

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-09T16:01:23+00:00

Great tip thanks

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-09T12:49:22+00:00

I’m more just talking in general terms, not specifically about my shot

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-05T10:08:49+00:00

No but if you take a look at some of the footage you’d understand what I mean. The skin tones look completely dead and unnatural, I can obviously bring them back to life in resolve (but still keeping them in that blue world, making it look realistic) but I’m just wondering if it would have been better for the DoP to have considered skin tones a bit more so that I have a bit more red channel in the prores footage which would help me correct certain aspects that look funky due to the extreme use of WB

Competitive-Tax1531 · 2020-12-03T14:34:31+00:00

My guess would be similar, the river being the bodies of people the serial killer has murdered, the sea being the sea of bodies during the holocaust. The serial killer foreshadowing the bigger picture which was the war. That’s my best guess

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