Heiko Saele
November 1st, 2007, 05:40 PM
I'll be DP and operator for a no budget short, shooting with the HVX200. We want to have an overall desaturated look (greyish, "boring") but highlight red tones in some shots (red lip-gloss, red clothing).
What would you say is better: Shoot desaturated and enhance the reds in post, or shoot with normal or high color saturation and de-saturate everything except the reds in post?
I'd like to go the first route (shoot de-saturated) because it will probably be less work in post. Or do you think we'll run into problems in post because maybe there's not enough color information left in the reds to enhance them? Depends a lot on the level of de-saturation, I guess (I wouldn't want too much de-saturation anyways).
What would you say is better: Shoot desaturated and enhance the reds in post, or shoot with normal or high color saturation and de-saturate everything except the reds in post?
I'd like to go the first route (shoot de-saturated) because it will probably be less work in post. Or do you think we'll run into problems in post because maybe there's not enough color information left in the reds to enhance them? Depends a lot on the level of de-saturation, I guess (I wouldn't want too much de-saturation anyways).