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not to be picky, but, where the camera was, aside from being to high, was perfect, I'd move the camera to be lower still, and pointing more toward the troops. and maybe add a dutch angle for epicness.
I would move the camera a little more to the right and looking up at the character some more. Because right now it looks like a standard angle. I can't really tell if it is supposed to be looking up at anything.
Good point, nathan, but he looks elevated compared to his troops which also helps.
I think it's real nice, sure the angle could be even lower but it's already a good looking frame.
I've been working on a slightly late easter short, any opinions on this frame (just a test at this point, it's not been colour graded etc)?
Last edited by CheesyBricks (April 6, 2015 (03:20pm))
Love it! Lvoe the flag! Love the clarity! Love!
I really like it! I would put a dark piece of paper behind the wall, seeing light through walls has always bugged me. But the set is perfect! And I love the flag and podium; simple, but extremely effective and nice looking!
Love it, CheesyBricks. I would recommend not colour grading that shot if you are going for a dramatic look.
I personally think color grading always helps, no matter what look you are going for.
I'm about to start work on a new project, and could use some input. Basically, this shot is supposed to be in an abandoned space freighter. I'm planning on using a lot of highly contrasting light and dark areas in my lighting for several scenes. How does this look?
Bounty Hunters by Brickcrazy, on Flickr
Looks great, Brickcrazy, except it looks a little unbalanced. The center of the frame is on Vega, but it should probably be between the two. However, it really doesn't look bad at all, that's just the thing I noticed.
I like how the skeleton is in the shadows, and the cool shadows coming from above, that's really great.
That is the coolest. I love the light pouring on Lance and Vega. Nice Brickcrazy!
That looks really awesome, I really like the look of it, and that skeleton in the corner is awesome. One thing I might suggest from experience is to lower the contrast and brighten it up a bit while filming and then in post production darken it and turn up the contrast, this should help grain and give you more options while editing. I haven't done much contrast lowering with my webcam but the brightening thing I think really helps. but I don't know you probably already do that.
Hope that helps
OsomStudios
Thanks guys, I'm glad you're liking the look of it. 
One thing I might suggest from experience is to lower the contrast and brighten it up a bit while filming and then in post production darken it and turn up the contrast
I like that suggestion. I'll have to experiment with it later today. In this shot though, the grain isn't really all that noticeable, is it? As far as brightness, are you suggesting I up the brightness in the camera's settings, or brighten the actual set itself? (add more fill light, etc.)
Last edited by Brickcrazy (April 8, 2015 (11:20am))
Thanks guys, I'm glad you're liking the look of it.
osomstudios wrote:One thing I might suggest from experience is to lower the contrast and brighten it up a bit while filming and then in post production darken it and turn up the contrast
I like that suggestion. I'll have to experiment with it later today. In this shot though, the grain isn't really all that noticeable, is it? As far as brightness, are you suggesting I up the brightness in the camera's settings, or brighten the actual set itself? (add more fill light, etc.)
I don't recommend this at all. Brightening the scene at first and darkening it later can produce unrealistic shadows. It can also make the scene look weird, because digital darkening doesn't always come out the best. The best lighting you can possibly do is in-camera, all the way.
Your camera is not producing much, if any, grain, so I don't think I would worry about it.
Last edited by rioforce (April 8, 2015 (11:22am))
Great set, and fantastic lighting!
I love the great shadow work and how you've managed to keep the subjects lit well, but so much else obscured.
The set has a nice claustrophobic feel, and gives a sense of stuff just starting to seem wrong. You may want to try to get things a bit darker and creeper the farther they explore, but this is fantastic as an chronologically earlier shot.
I agree with Rio, get the lighting in-camera as much as humanly possible, and like I said above, the lighting here is perfect. If you're afraid of grain, yeah that's a bit of a problem, and one that I've had too, but most people don't comment and/or don't seem to notice it in the final films. Plus, if anything it adds to the grungy/dusty/abandoned atmosphere. Everything I've seen of this film just keeps looking better and better, and I have a feeling the final project will be fantastic.
Here's one from a little project I'm about half-way through editing.
The color-correction may be final, may not. It's an interesting frame, but I don't like how the attention seems to be drawn to the far bottom-right snow formation. (For me at least) Any ideas on how to fix that? The set's long gone, and I can only adjust the cropping a tiny bit.
Nice frame! I personally am not overdrawn to the corner, plus character movement will help bring attention to the desired area. I think it is kinda neat how you like to use the higher contrast/lower saturation look in your films, gives them more of an intense feel.
I smell some Hobbit short coming...Looks nice Pritchard. Honestly the snow isn't that distracting, though I can see what you mean. It all depends on what happens in camera though.
I can understand your point Pritchard, as when I look at the frame the bright white snow distracts my eyes and makes me focus on that. I would suggest mixing it with some darker colored bricks, perhaps a few grey pieces to break up the brightness while still have bits of snow there?
You could do camera movement as the minifig continues his journey, but still viewers would have that glimpse of the white snow, even if it was only for a quick second or two.
Otherwise looks really good man.
Sincerely,
Divine.
Jedi Archives Test Shot #1 by Galactic Bricks, on Flickr
Here are a few test shots I've done for my Jedi Archives set. Does the lighting look ok? I get sort of a dawn/dusk feel from this shot. What do you guys think?
Here's a few more pics from the set:
https://flic.kr/p/rUs9pw
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