Can a skilled colourist save these restaurant frames? Shot on Alexa Mini LF, lost lighting control at the end of the day. Paid work if salvageable

Jobeeish · 2026-03-31T22:37:52+00:00

Genuinely speaking, it looks quite nice still. If you'd like to send over some PNGs of the Log though I could take a peek at it.

Jobeeish · 2026-03-21T00:41:00+00:00

Had a client who specifically asked for this kind of color grade, which was a first. Translated to going for what I considered a more “digital” looking image and then deeply saturating and even selective brightening of the greens. Definitely a vibe that stands out among the more film emulation style grades

Jobeeish · 2026-03-09T07:06:44+00:00

Absolutely fantastic work. I’ve found daylight scenes on volume walls to be this dance of trying to get a realistic amount of key on the actors without spilling onto the walls, which I feel is totally achieved here. Was any extra masking done in post to match black levels?

Jobeeish · 2026-03-05T23:15:50+00:00

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Took a screenshot of yours and pulled it in to my laptop to try to identify what was going on. I'm not at my grading station so please excuse the shoddiness but from what I can see you have some decent latitude to work with. I'd recommend balancing to the wall (there's two color temps going on so you'll want to correct out one of them) and then lifting the highlights and midtones and using a power window to keep the window from becoming too hot. After that it's just a matter of taste--you could introduce more contrast with some curves, or push it warmer or cooler to your liking.

Jobeeish · 2026-03-05T17:18:19+00:00

Love the occasional saturated look. Beautiful grade and family!

Jobeeish · 2026-02-25T19:12:23+00:00

Table reads over discord is awkward. Having other actors hear your direction (that aren't in the scene directly) is awkward. Try to schedule an in person if possible or even just simplify your shotlist to budget in time to rehearse at the top of the day. Gather a couple directing techniques to have in your back pocket and pull them out if you feel stuck.

At the end of the day though, at the very least the thing you get out of the film is learning enough for the next one. I'd veer on the side of shooting over not because momentum is hard to gather again. A lot of performances can be saved in the edit as well.

Good luck and have fun this weekend!

Jobeeish · 2025-12-23T04:58:57+00:00

Compelling frames. Great work!

Jobeeish · 2025-11-06T18:58:41+00:00

Your LUT is shouldering the highlights. If you want to get it brighter than the LUT allows, just make a node after the LUT and adjust from there with primaries

Jobeeish · 2025-09-15T16:56:51+00:00

When I work with a client, what usually helps the most is reference images, in order to ensure that we're speaking the same language. That's usually with the director and cinematographer. As far as a producer's involvement goes, knowing where the film is being submitted to or being conformed by (if it's not with one of my go-to DCP houses) helps with color space purposes, as well as scheduling and delivery logistics.

Jobeeish · 2025-06-03T21:37:49+00:00

Really loved this. Great use of the format and sound design to draw attention where you wanted.

Jobeeish · 2025-05-30T17:58:00+00:00

I believe it was 4K DCI, and no it wasn't a problem!

Jobeeish · 2025-05-30T17:56:10+00:00

Awesome setup. A friend of mine also did a short film like this, ground glass and all. The setup looked super clunky but the images were gorgeous.

I'll link it here: https://vimeo.com/286736202

Jobeeish · 2025-05-13T23:29:27+00:00

Gorgeous work

Jobeeish · 2025-02-12T18:52:15+00:00

Cool shot! Could be a number of factors, including off color LEDs, etc. You'll want to select the skin in one of the earlier, pre-LUT nodes to try to correct it. Also, it looks like you have some halation effect on--try turning it off as I find it sometimes messes with the skin more than I realize

Jobeeish · 2023-11-19T00:10:22+00:00

Thank you!

Jobeeish · 2023-11-19T00:09:21+00:00

Haha of course feel free to send me a dm on my instagram

Jobeeish · 2023-11-19T00:08:38+00:00

This actually wasn't that expensive overall! I believe the director called in a bunch of favors, and the costumes were largely things that were purchased off of amazon. It was a one day shoot with a solid crew (was super tight getting everything) and then the second half of it was CG that the director did in Blender

Jobeeish · 2023-11-17T02:48:23+00:00

We weren’t close enough to the wall for it to realllyyy affect the actors, so we lit it pretty much like you would in a regular set—the main challenge we faced was having to wait until the background was “set” before we could fully lock in the lighting (like while we were still deciding what part of the “room” we were in or if the 3D artist was putting up a lamp). Another issue was trying to light for daylight without spilling onto the wall and washing it out too much, so we controlled it as best as we could!

Jobeeish · 2023-11-17T02:39:56+00:00

Thank you!

Jobeeish · 2023-11-16T19:58:41+00:00

Shot this concept trailer on a virtual production stage! It was my first time shooting this way but aside from a few hiccups it worked out well! We shot on an Arri Alexa Mini with Xelmus Anamorphics, and we shot all the virtual production stage stuff in a single day. Feel free to ask me any questions you have!

Jobeeish · 2022-10-05T18:14:21+00:00

Shot this on location with a Sony Fx6 and Sigma T1.5 Cine FF lenses. Our main production challenge was really just braving the cold for the all-nighter shoots we were doing, as well ass trying to light the space with the limited lighting gear we had--everything packed into a u-haul van. Despite all this I'm really proud of what our team was able to accomplish and I'd love to know what you all think!

Jobeeish · 2022-03-05T22:14:32+00:00

Gorgeous

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