Perfect showcase of how the film-look, higher dynamic range, of RAW can capture certain moods better than the contrast rich look of today's video CODECs. Ditto the ML team!!! I did feel the RAW color correction was a tad bit green. Or maybe it needed a tad more red. N any case, I loved it! Or maybe more contrast? There's so much you can do with RAW footage it's difficult to decide (for me) which way to go.
Yeah, I properly white balanced everything in Resolve removing the green tint that seems to be present in the DNGs out of the camera, but I basically did a few things for coloring. I used the default Rec.709 color space to decode the file instead of using the BMD film log image. Then, I raised the black level and lightened the shadows/darkened the highlights to give it a lower contrast and more film-y look, and then I added a little teal to the shadows and orange to the highlights. This is my first ever work I've done with raw, and I've only personally been doing video for about 3 months, so I'm still fairly new to this whole world. I'm not sure what's "correct" in coloring, so I'm just experimenting with different stuff, and I liked the greener tint over the more red tint. Heres what the original file looks like vs. the graded shot:
Original
Graded
The great thing about video is that, like any other creative field, there are thousands of interpretations for grading. I'm learning! Thanks for the feedback!
