another music video...

[christopher witzke]

I'm in post on a music video I shot Saturday night for musician Peter Searcy.

It's looking so good that I thought I'd post some screen grabs.....

Shot on build 20, 4k 2:1, all tungsten lights ( little lowel pros ), Canon 24mm f1.4 L wide open on a birger mount with the impero.

Grading done in Apple Color.... going for funky.

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[LeeArcher1]

Hi Chris,

Cant wait to see it - absolutely love the grade on the close ups-
very sharp and gritty.

nicely done sir.

( be great to see a raw frame grab to see your grading progress- if poss )

 

[christopher witzke]

sure...

 

[jimhare]

Nice! Crunchy without looking contrasty. Mission accomplished!

 

[christopher witzke]

Thanks.... Edits are going well.... fairly happy with it.

 

[MikeHedge]

wow nice.. it would be so neat if this grade could be shared as an XML anyone know what I mean? like if this was saved as a photoshop action... and I could then load it and use it.... but for video? inside premiere?

is that possible?

 

[christopher witzke]

I'm not quite sure how to export a look.... plus, footage is so different from scene to scene that I think it would be hard.

I just tweak in color until I'm happy.... usually comparing to a grade I do in photoshop with a tiff export.

 

[christopher witzke]

here's a few snips with the grading.... I'm worried it might be a bit to punchy.... whacha think? ( I don't mind the noise.... but the compression of this exports a bit blocky )

http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/peter-grade-test1.mov

 

[Felix K.]

I think it looks great. A bit "other-worldly". In the second shot (where he looks from right to left) is that lighting or is the Gamma different? I also see a bit of compression in his hair around the ear... but I am no expert.

How did you get this "halo" effect around his head?

 

[christopher witzke]

it's lighting....

 

[Emiliano Ranzani]

Great stuff! Super sharp! I love it!

 

[christopher witzke]

I felt we needed to have some contrast to the indoor shots... so we did some city/night available light shots the other night.... coming along.... actually added a fair amount of grain just to give it a gritty look ( don't get me wrong... I love clean as well, but it is a rock video )

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All shot with the canon 24mm f1.4L II ( love this lens! ) iso 320, tungsten wb

 

[henryjacobkim]

looks real good, i think the contrast works, congrats!