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Originally Posted by dyna mo
was it that bad to begin with? with all that schnazzy camera equipment and the experts behind it all, it never occurred to me that the footage would need color correction.
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Yea, it's pretty bad. The movie is shot over a period of months with different lighting setups, different film stocks and cameras. Everything has to be color graded to make it all look consistent.
One take in particular had a very cyan flavor. It was dark, creepy and mysterious looking. I asked if I could see the original footage without all the correction and I was amazed at the difference. The footage out of those movie cameras is typically dark, flat and life-less. It's the colorists job to snap it up, bring it to life and stylize it.