Given the Color Grading Breakdown Series’s recent popularity, it seemed logical to treat you guys with a new shot. Without further ado, here’s the series’ 12th shot taken from Black Tiger Sex Machine’s music video: Color Grading Breakdown The main goal when I graded this project was to hide the environment (especially curtains and wires). It was an important concern for the DP. The solution wa
It’s time for a new Color Grading Breakdown! Color Grading Breakdown For this week’s Color Grading Breakdown, I picked a shot from a music video I shot and directed a little over a year ago. I chose this shot because it was done with very basic gear that most of you guys should have acces too: a Canon Rebel T3i, a tripod (optional), a computer, a friend and a street. Get out there, shoot something and gra
I don’t have to tell you how popular Instagram and other similar apps are. I also don’t have to write a lengthy article explaining why Instagram’s popularity influenced the whole world of music videos, advertising and film. It’s quite simple. People suddenly got an easy and free access to a combination of filters that greatly improved the look of their pictures. It got insanely popular. Client
After a two month hiatus, the Color Grading Breakdown Series is back! Meet Adrien in the 6th shot of the series: Color Grading Breakdown Adrien is a web series I wrote last year. My team and I applied for a major grant here in Canada and made it to the last stage of the selection… but we unfortunately didn’t get the funds. You can view the teasers we did that got us this far in the selection process here.
I had the pleasure to work with the talented Julien Vallée & Eve Duhamel for the color grading of the promo video for their new studio launch. Vallée Duhamel is a design and direction studio that creates high class lo-fi, often handmade, images and videos. If you haven’t seen Julien Vallée’s unique work, be sure to check it out! He has worked for clients like Coca Cola, MTV, Google and The New York Ti
Welcome to the very first Color Grading Breakdown Series post! The Color Grading Breakdown Series will consist of recurring posts featuring a short breakdown video of a single specific shot. A very brief text will accompany the breakdown video, but the idea here is not to elaborate too much or to dive too deep in color grading analysis. It is rather to inspire other colorists by showing the different layers of a grad