So maybe that Tregothnan message wasn't such a quick side project as I had first anticipated! Tasha and I spent days locked in the edit suite and carried on at home once we'd been kicked out. It was the colour that was the main problem, as I have said before I shot this piece with the settings on flat as 'everyone' says it is best to do so and you get the 'best' results. What I didn't know is that you should only do it if you are very confident that you can colour grade it. The flat footage straight from the camera looks terrible, especially with the fact that it was a miserably grey day anyway, poor Jonathon looked dead!
After hours of pulling our hair out trying to sort it out I decided to email Philip Bloom not expecting a reply at all but to my amazement he emailed me back almost straight away. It definitely brightened up what was shaping out to be a quite a catastrophe of a day. He was extremely helpful and even had a go at editing a short piece of the video and then told us how he did it. What a legend! After this Tasha then graded it using his tips and it ended up looking much better than the original. He also told us how to get the sharpness back in it, I think in hindsight I won't shoot with the sharpness all taken out of the video, but I guess you don't know these things until you try them.
Tregothnan were very pleased with the film and said it was exactly what they were looking for. I think it turned out well and I believe I played my roles to the best of my abilities. This is the first client film I have made and it feels really good to have done something that was not to do with my course. I hope I get more clients in the future. Fingers crossed the video is well received in India.
Now on to the 3 Minute Wonder edit... Lets hope this is not as painful!
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