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Hiring a colorist
- Now, the final tip I want to share with you is one of the very last, but most important and valuable steps that I think you can take to help your work match the look and feel of more professional productions and match professional color correction. Yes, presumably we're all doing our own color correction as part of post, fixing bad white balance and playing around with the sliders until we see something we like on screen. However, the operative word I'm using here is "professional." What I'm talking about is hiring a pro colorist who's already spent years perfecting their craft and mastering the latest software tools and whose sole goal in life is to make your mediocre video look good and your good video look great. And, if you give them great video to begin with, you just might win an award for best cinematography. Pretty much all editing programs, like Avid, Premiere or Final Cut, have some color correction tools built in. However, on the pro side of color correcting, they use…
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Tips on boosting your production value1m 46s
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Shooting with a shallow depth of field1m 36s
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Great audio and sound design2m 44s
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Keep your shots steady2m 32s
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Keep your camera moving2m 29s
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Location, location, location2m 15s
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Adding appropriate titles and FX1m 56s
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Hiring a colorist3m 38s
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Introduction to shooting discreetly1m 1s
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Scouting locations for a stealth shoot1m 47s
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Traveling and shooting low profile1m 25s
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Recording audio discreetly1m 25s
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Using discreet cameras and camerawork2m 22s
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Running interference1m 24s
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Adding production value with local resources1m 13s
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Always have a plan B55s
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Seven tips for better managing your crew3m 13s
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Get it all on paper first2m 6s
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Learn to delegate2m 12s
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Hiring is half the work2m 53s
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Understand how each person likes to work1m 34s
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Feed them good food31s
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Learn to speak their language1m 55s
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Goodbye1m 35s
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