Christoffer Glans
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Here's a music video in 4K (2160p) which I edited, did VFX comp, color graded and sound design (with foley) for director Rafael Edholm and DOP Andres Rignell.
For anyone interested in the Dragon HAWK combo this is a great test and I find it to work great, although I personally find the widest lenses to be a little too soft for my taste.
Some background on the artist; she made this video as an answer to a lot of pressure she got about her weight (and she doesn't even look big). From childhood bullying to media circus critics she was fed up and did this song and video, which has been seen by millions and managed to be an inspiration for a lot of young people with bad self-esteem.
For color grading, the DR of the Dragon sensor was so high that I didn't want to loose details in highlights and shadows when pushing for a little more contrast. The way I managed it was to split up the image in two initial nodes, one for shadows and one for highlights and then balance them back whenever I pushed the contrast in the main grade node.
All the work was done on an inferior desktop PC with only one Nvidia GTX580 3gb and 16gb RAM. Almost unworkable, but enough to pull it off which says a lot about the easy workflow of R3D's, even at 5K Anamorph. To intercut with the GoPro footage (under water) I used grain in 4K to simulate sharpness while blurring away artifacts. Some changes required additional fake lens flares to minimize risk of nudity, but those flares weren't perfect I might say.
I had a lot of freedom in creativity when grading, but my choices were to keep a natural look and not stylize it too much (like many music videos). The key point was to maintain a nice looking saturation while still not oversaturate and also not loose too much saturation. That balance was key and really hard to maintain.
Shot on Epic Dragon with HAWK anamorphic. (Second OLPF, no D.E.B)
Dragon and Lenses from Björn Benckert at Syndicate (thanks! :smiley: )
(Underwater footage with a GoPro)
Edited with Avid Media Composer
VFX in After Effects CS6 (mirror effects)
Graded in DaVinci Resolve 10 and output at 4K resolution.
Song: "Freak"
Artist: Molly Sandén
Director: Rafael Edholm
DOP: Andres Rignell
Post Production: Christoffer Glans
Enjoy
For anyone interested in the Dragon HAWK combo this is a great test and I find it to work great, although I personally find the widest lenses to be a little too soft for my taste.
Some background on the artist; she made this video as an answer to a lot of pressure she got about her weight (and she doesn't even look big). From childhood bullying to media circus critics she was fed up and did this song and video, which has been seen by millions and managed to be an inspiration for a lot of young people with bad self-esteem.
For color grading, the DR of the Dragon sensor was so high that I didn't want to loose details in highlights and shadows when pushing for a little more contrast. The way I managed it was to split up the image in two initial nodes, one for shadows and one for highlights and then balance them back whenever I pushed the contrast in the main grade node.
All the work was done on an inferior desktop PC with only one Nvidia GTX580 3gb and 16gb RAM. Almost unworkable, but enough to pull it off which says a lot about the easy workflow of R3D's, even at 5K Anamorph. To intercut with the GoPro footage (under water) I used grain in 4K to simulate sharpness while blurring away artifacts. Some changes required additional fake lens flares to minimize risk of nudity, but those flares weren't perfect I might say.
I had a lot of freedom in creativity when grading, but my choices were to keep a natural look and not stylize it too much (like many music videos). The key point was to maintain a nice looking saturation while still not oversaturate and also not loose too much saturation. That balance was key and really hard to maintain.
Shot on Epic Dragon with HAWK anamorphic. (Second OLPF, no D.E.B)
Dragon and Lenses from Björn Benckert at Syndicate (thanks! :smiley: )
(Underwater footage with a GoPro)
Edited with Avid Media Composer
VFX in After Effects CS6 (mirror effects)
Graded in DaVinci Resolve 10 and output at 4K resolution.
Song: "Freak"
Artist: Molly Sandén
Director: Rafael Edholm
DOP: Andres Rignell
Post Production: Christoffer Glans
Enjoy
