Otis College of Art and Design: Visual Effects Lab, Fall 2011
VFX Lab Fall 2011: Color Correction / Still Frame Project
Objective:
To re-create a series of still frames for a film conveying the content of the sequence thru color and composition.
These will be composited and color graded in Nuke.
Using actual locations, 3d/CG, painted backgrounds or a combination of all three create or re-create a sequence of your chosen film sequence.
Create a minimum of 10 images.
Things to consider:
-Composition and framing. Camera position in relation to the subject and well as the background.
-Lighting: indirect, direct, backlit, interior vs. exterior. The lighting will in large part create the mood / tone of the image.
-Production value: Location, wardrobe, method, material, or stagecraft skill used in the production, general quality of the production.
-For this project we are shooting stills only, a minimum resulution of 2048x1556 pixels wide.
Reference Links / possible subjects:
AFI's 100 Years.... 100 Movies
The Warriors (link to 1979 Trailer)
High Rise(or just about anything by JG Ballard)
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Lighting Stratigies:
Color Correction Strategies:
Bleach Bypass:
Examples:
Delicatessen, Seven, Fight Club, Three Kings, Collateral, Minority Report, Saying Private Ryan, Terminator Salvation
http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=25010
http://takeoutphoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/bleach-bypass-photoshop-tutorial.html
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bleachbypass/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-41_process
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meblob/4773862869/in/pool-bleachbypass#/photos/meblob/4773862869/in/pool-1115508@N21/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/potsy/5005720675/in/photostream/
http://www.niksoftware.com/colorefexpro/usa_img/cep3/new_filters/cross_balance.html
Cross Processing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_processing
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_process_loker.png
http://layersmagazine.com/curvy-cross-processing.html
http://www.squarefrog.co.uk/techniques/cross-processing.html
http://www.amateursnapper.com/photography/digital-cross-processing-in-photoshop
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs2/download/movie-06.pdf
Day to Night:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/day_to_night_conversion/
http://www.twin-pixels.com/advanced-day-to-night-photoshop-tutorial/
http://www.adidap.com/2007/12/10/photoshop-tutorial-turning-day-into-night/
