Among the Fallen - Color Correction/Manipulation Comparison

This is a "before and after" effects comparison with Smoothcam filter, film effects, color correction, and contrast filters for my small independent horror film, Among the Fallen.

To see the full film go to: http://youtu.be/_drh4poiiNs

This was shot with a Canon GL2 camera and edited using Final Cut Pro. Music by Jay Shatzer.

http://thelucidnightmare.blogspot.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• horror
• movie
• zombie
• argento
• fulci
• bava
• canon
• gl2
• final
• cut
• pro
• film
• Canon GL2
• Dario Argento
• George A. Romero
• Zombie
• Dawn Of The Dead
• Scary
• Zombies
• Camera
• Among the Fallen
• Color Correction
• Before After

[snorrie60]

song name? :D

[jayskitstar]

@snorrie60

Well the song name is, "Life Without You". It's an original composition that I created for the movie that the clip accompanies. There's a number of variations to the tune, but this one is the most basic seeing that it was my rough draft that I put together in a few minutes.

[ImFlipsHD]

tutorial?



[jayskitstar]

@ImFlipsHD

If I had the time I'd definitely do a tutorial, but as of right now, I'm swamped at both work and home. Can't even get more then 5 hours of sleep a night. Hopefully my schedule opens up soon and I can crank a tutorial out.

[lukiex]

Ive lookd for your movie clip for the past two weeks now.. and finally found it again.

I really love these particular special effects.

We just climbed Kilimanjaro ad im making a short documentary.. Can i ask you what effects and settings you used? I use SonyVegas.. maybe i can find the same ones..

Luke

[jayskitstar]

@lukiex

Hey lukiex. Unfortunately I don't know much about Vegas, but I've seen some amazing and colorful videos produced by the software, so you've got the right tool to achieve this look. The best advice I can give you is to just play around with the program. Don't be afraid to go wild with your experimentations. That's what I did for my video. I gradually played around with the settings until I found the right style for my clip. There are tons of great Vegas tutorials on youtube too

[jayskitstar]

@cabninja

It's an original composition that I put together for the film.

[johnyboygomez]

You should be subtle when color grading. The shot inside the car, you can´t even see the guys face. You should be careful about loosing information on the shot.

I like the orange but think it would be better if it was less obvious.

I love color grading also but now i always try to shoot as close as possible to what i want it to look like in the end.

Good comparison!

Cheers

[snorrie60]

@jayskitstar okay thank you for the reply the song is awsome! :)

[covinfox]

Welcome to come visit my channel.... got some newest works made by after effect.

[sensoryhouse]

@wereaux they said the complete opposite about your mom.

[jayskitstar]

@Maxpoweredrummer

Again, not color correction. More manipulation. I was going for a more stylized and unnatural look, but your comment is clever none the less.