more stills

[tom quinn]

Hey Folks,

 

a few stills from a second short. I shot it for a friend last Spring, but we just wrapped up the sound mix. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Tom

 

http://www.dioramamovie.com/gallery/index.html

 

(these may be a tad dark on a pc monitor)

[Patrick Cooper]

Nice work. Strong bold compositions, moody lighting and lots of creativity.

[pascal Boyer]

hi

great stills ,you have some excellent shots here

[Jaan Shenberger]

the frame with the polar bear is a great image.

 

based off those stills, your exposures seem to be perfect for shooting for a color grade... which is a compliment. but i feel like now it really really needs a color grade-- even if it's just a matter of pulling the shoulder up a little in luminance... it would look really great. but regardless, the stuff looks really good.

[tom quinn]

Hi All,

 

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm pretty excited about the film and am leaving the 24th to screen it at a student film festival in Germany, which should be a blast.

 

Jaan, thanks for the feedback! I'm not familiar with the grading process. Should I be bringing up my blacks a bit? I should also mention that since i grabbed these on a Mac for some folks they will come out a tad dark on PC's.

 

Take care, everyone.

 

Tom

 

 

oops, i had mentioned the pc gamma issue already. sorry!

[Chris Keth]

Hi All,

 

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm pretty excited about the film and am leaving the 24th to screen it at a student film festival in Germany, which should be a blast.

 

Jaan, thanks for the feedback! I'm not familiar with the grading process. Should I be bringing up my blacks a bit? I should also mention that since i grabbed these on a Mac for some folks they will come out a tad dark on PC's.

 

Take care, everyone.

 

Tom

oops, i had mentioned the pc gamma issue already. sorry!

 

The black look lovely to me. I like them deep. It's the shoulder (whites) that could stand to be brought up some. It would make a much richer image without really changing the impression of relative lightness or darkness.

[Bill Totolo]

I'm viewing this on a mac linked to a Dell Ultrasharp monitor, black level looked like they hovered around 7.5 IRE to me, reminded me of "Zodiac", so I think, though they weren't zero black, they looked great. Make sense? Plus I love the mixed color temps.

[tom quinn]

hey guys -

 

thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.

 

I agree about the whites. I tend to underexpose just a bit on the dvx because I'm always fighting them, and wish I could bring them up cleanly in post to punch up the contrast, but get too much noise.

 

thanks!

 

tom

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