Scarlet Grading Advice (R3Ds Included)

[Adam Palmer]

Hi Guys,

I'm currently working on a shot film shot on Scarlet for my Thesis and wondered if anyone would be up for giving me any input regarding grading. I have seen a few other users start threads like this and get some really impressive looks. Any how, if you fancy giving it a go I have uploaded a few R3D's (which are located below) for you to have a play with. Enjoy!

My First attempts:

Everything was shot 4K, 6:1 on Leica 50mm 2.0 Summicron R/ 35mm Samyang 1.4/ Leica Elmarit 28mm 2.8.


R3D's
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61026760/A013_C015_0428HU.0000784F.R3D

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61026760/A013_C043_0428E1.0000302_S000F.R3D

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61026760/A015_C046_0428AN.0000348F.R3D

Kind Regards

Adam

 

[John Schick]

Cool, thanks for sharing. These are always fun.

If you have any background information about the scene, that can help with the grade as well.

Here's a quick one using log grading. (use REDlogFilm and grade under a display LUT using Offset, Contrast, & Pivot)

 

[Ben Scott]

With no idea what you're after in terms of a look here's the 'I spent 1min on it in Redcine' grade...

EDIT: Photobucket seems to have done annoying things to it though

Will repost in a sec...

EDIT EDIT: Take #2 - Ahh Photobucket is still doing it. Grrr... My still looks nothing like that.

 

[Elan Gunos]

Here are some options to explore:

 

[Ben Scott]

Hopefully flickr has got a better representation than photobucket had


A015_C046_0428AN.0000348F-.0000000 by Soma Pics, on Flickr

 

[Jonnie Sirotek]

Only had time to do the last (hope this works!):

 

[Adam Palmer]

Thanks guys some really cool looks! Love the bottom two Élan and really like your grade Ben giving me a lot of good ideas.

Here are some options to explore:

 

[Brett Harrison]

Man is told Armstrong doped.
In disbelief, he goes online where he learns it is true.
Crushed, he drowns his sorrows.

 

[Noel R.]

 

[Marc Wielage]

The problem is not seeing the scene in context, which affects everything. I always say, "it's easy to make pretty pictures; the problem is making a series of images flow, so that they seamlessly go from one to the next without any jarring color issues."

To me, the color, contrast, and brightness levels all have to be motivated from whatever drama level is inherent in the scene. Is it happy? Is it tense? Is it murderous? Is it poignant? Is it tragic? I'd color correct completely differently based on the answers to those questions.

So there is no one answer to this except "it depends."

 

[Jonnie Sirotek]

I'll try this again:

 

[SUNILPREM]

This is my grade

 

[Adam Palmer]

This is awesome jonnie!

As some of you have mentioned a bit of context to each scene would help so here goes:

the story of this sequence is a character who is told he is being fired from his job and then proceeds to drink himself into a state where he contemplates suicide. Thanks again guys for the awesome feedback!

I'll try this again:

 

[Are Luke Muggerud]

Do I win?

 

[Jonnie Sirotek]

Thanks, Adam!

Sorry for the double post - wasn't sure if my photo was showing up or not.

 

[Brett Harrison]

It'd be interesting to hear what people are using. I am using RLF redcolor3 and a cineon/DPX log2lin LUT.

 

[Elan Gunos]

That's cool Are, care to share how you graded that?

Do I win?

 

[Are Luke Muggerud]

That's cool Are, care to share how you graded that?

Have to admit i cheated. Resolve lite, RC&G3

Edit: Or maybe not if Resolve is allowed In that case; mask for face: desaturated highs, careful with the curves. Mask for the corridor far back: lowered mids and hightened contrast in highs. The rest: cold mids and warm lows

 

[Adam Palmer]

Don't worry using Resolve isn't cheating Luke lol. Although I'm bummed I haven't had a chance to really use it much as your grade is proof of its power.

 

[Are Luke Muggerud]

Don't worry using Resolve isn't cheating Luke lol. Although I'm bummed I haven't had a chance to really use it much as your grade is proof of its power.

It's really fun and easy and free! Have been using it only for three days and the reason it's so easy is because if you don't get the color right at first you can just pile an endless amount of nodes on top of one another going with your gut until it looks good