Bad RED footage...

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Often I get this question from film students: "I have to light a night exterior - please tell me how I should light it" to which I usually reply "What do you want it to look like?" Technology is no substitute for having an imagination.

The best film teacher I ever had in college was my Calculus 1 teacher. He always had us work backwards through problems repeating his motto "What do you want to do?" It's some of the best advice I have ever received. "Once you know what you want it's easy to figure out how to get there."

I see a lot of people wandering around in circles hoping the solution will fall in their lap but they don't even know what they're looking for.

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In response to the topic at hand:

1) Over sharpen your footage.
2) Apply too heavy of noise reduction... whoops too soon? :nerd:

 

[DeaneThrussell]

personally i think the way shoot good red footage will be to really take advantage of the low depth field and blacklight kinda of like tony and ridley scotts early work like the hunger or duelist this way you solve the problem that the extreme amount of detail gonna give you with casting and make up and also props unless your shooting landscapes and wildlife then it's happy days