Join Simon Walker for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating a flashback look, part of Color Correction: Color Grading for Locations and Times of Day.
Having a stylized look is a classic cinematic method of talking to your audience.…And telling them that the scene they're watching now isn't part of the current narrative.…Just like cross-dissolve transitions can suggest a passage of time or a change of…location, flashback looks are a classic way to change the narrative structure.…So how do you create this effect and what are the rules.…There are some general conventions but there aren't any hard and fast rules.…This is my first clip the dinner date clip.…
I'm going to open up Looks classic method of doing a flashback is to desaturate and…go black and white. So I've grabbed a Saturation tool.…Saturation tools live in a number of these sections.…There's one in the Post section. But this one fits in the subject section…and I can click on it and bring down. The saturation.…What tends to happen though is when you see this effect they tend to be combined…with a diffusion effect. I'll throw in a quick diffusion onto this shot.…
And you can choose to have the diffusion apply to more than this shot or just onto…
Author
Simon Walker
Released
7/3/2013Simon works with Adobe Premiere Pro and the Magic Bullet Colorista II and Looks plugins, but these lessons can be applied to any color correction workflow.
- How our eyes see color
- What colors tell the audience
- Making sure color is consistent
- Applying adjustments in the correct order
- Understanding how warm and cool colors frame emotion differently
- Isolating and adjusting skies
- Changing the time of day with color
- Designing interiors like an office, a hospital, or an interrogation room
- Creating fake depth of field
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Q: Do I need any plug-ins or additional software to perform the color grading work shown in this course?
A: This course demonstrates techniques that will work in any color grading software, including the built-in 3-way color corrector tools in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Avid Media Composer. However, the author uses some plug-ins for Premiere Pro in this course. While you can still get similar results with other tools, you may wish to try the same tools used in the course. If so, you can install Colorista II and Looks by Magic Bullet. There are free trial versions of these plug-ins available at the Red Giant website at https://www.redgiant.com/downloads/trial-versions/registration/magic-bullet-colorista-ii/.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 43s
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Telling a story with color2m 10s
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1. How Light and Color Sets the Mood for Shots
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How our eyes see color5m 12s
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2. Locations
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3. Times of Day
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Creating a midday look2m 36s
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Creating an afternoon look3m 46s
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Creating an evening look2m 34s
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Creating a flashback look5m 22s
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4. Interiors
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Stylizing an office scene2m 31s
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Designing a hospital look3m 13s
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Stylizing a morgue shot2m 56s
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5. Depth of Field
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Conclusion
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Next steps3m 6s
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