Colour Grading may be a weird sound if you do not have a background in film.
"Wait? [film name] doesn't look like that?"
Yes and no. A colourist's job is to communicate with directors, cinematographers and in some cases brands and production companies, in order to achieve a certain look for a film, a commercial or maybe a music video.
Instead of filming straight out of the camera and going with whatever colour quality comes out of it, a colourist can help achieve "the look" one wants to go for. In some case that might be a retro film look, or maybe the classic teal and orange or just simple colour corrections of red skin tones or blown highlights.
That is why colourists exist, they are trained to help achieve these different steps in order to colour correct the footage that comes out of the camera. Maybe you have heard the terms RAW and Log, as these are the most common two recording formats and gammas to be used. You might know it as that grey image when you watch for examples.
Both of these provide ample details in shadows and highlights to be used to colour correct and create a certain look in these images. By using softwares such as DaVinci Resolve, you can go into these details and add and remove detail, colour and saturation.
Now, if all of this sounded too complicated, don't worry. Just get in touch with us and we'll help you out.
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