Samantha & Emir save the date (our first ever) at DVinfo.net

Peter Szilveszter · October 11th, 2008, 06:54 PM

Hi everyone

We've done our first ever save the date video, we had lots of fun shooting it by the beach. I would love to hear some feedback what didn't or did work.

Samantha & Emir Save the Date 14.02.2009 on Vimeo

Travis Cossel · October 12th, 2008, 12:05 AM

Just got done with a 13-hour wedding day, so I'm going to keep this short.

I loved most of the color grading; it was beautiful and consistent. I wasn't a big fan of the dark silhouette shot because it didn't seem to fit (color-wise) with the rest. For a first save the date I thought you did awesome.

Peter Szilveszter · October 12th, 2008, 03:50 AM

Thanks Travis, appreciate you checking it out, I know I wouldn't even bother looking at the pc after a shoot. :)

good pick on the silhouette, I was back and forward with the shot so you make a good point about fitting.

Darren Smith · October 14th, 2008, 05:21 AM

Hey Peter

Really liked the clip, great job on the colour grading, very consistent throughout, in concept the silhouette shot was good but as suggested don't know if it really had it's place, might have been a nice slomo closing shot with a dip to black??? Just my opinion though.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you using for your colour grading, I tried magic bullets but for some reason could not get it to work with CS3 and Aspect HD, so looking for some alternatives.

Again - Well done!!

Cheers
Darren

Peter Szilveszter · October 14th, 2008, 04:57 PM

Hi Darren

Thanks for the checking it out and the comments, I use Avid to edit which has powerful colour correct/grading tool, I sometimes layer my colour but in this one I didn't need to. I would recommend with CS3 to use the 3 colour wheel colour correction tool and layer it so you can control different aspect of the image, magic bullet is good but you can achieve all the same things with the stock tools so give it a try. Otherwise this is an alternative to magic bullet and seems pretty good and very cheap XSpro - Grading Presets - Premiere Pro*-*XSlimits - Advanced and professional video tools

Peter

Darren Smith · October 15th, 2008, 12:13 AM

Thanks for the link Peter

A couple of good tutorials on there as well. Man have I got some work to do!!!

Look forward to seeing your next clip!

Cheers
Darren

October 11th, 2008, 06:54 PM	#1
Peter Szilveszter Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Yeppoon, Queensland Posts: 332	Samantha & Emir save the date (our first ever) Hi everyone We've done our first ever save the date video, we had lots of fun shooting it by the beach. I would love to hear some feedback what didn't or did work. Samantha & Emir Save the Date 14.02.2009 on Vimeo __________________ www.livinglens.com.au \| www.livinglens.com.au/blog

October 12th, 2008, 12:05 AM	#2
Travis Cossel Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,933	Just got done with a 13-hour wedding day, so I'm going to keep this short. I loved most of the color grading; it was beautiful and consistent. I wasn't a big fan of the dark silhouette shot because it didn't seem to fit (color-wise) with the rest. For a first save the date I thought you did awesome. __________________ Black Label Films www.blacklabelweddingfilms.com

October 12th, 2008, 03:50 AM	#3
Peter Szilveszter Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Yeppoon, Queensland Posts: 332	Thanks Travis, appreciate you checking it out, I know I wouldn't even bother looking at the pc after a shoot. :) good pick on the silhouette, I was back and forward with the shot so you make a good point about fitting. __________________ www.livinglens.com.au \| www.livinglens.com.au/blog

October 14th, 2008, 05:21 AM	#4
Darren Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bli Bli Qld Australia Posts: 93	great work Hey Peter Really liked the clip, great job on the colour grading, very consistent throughout, in concept the silhouette shot was good but as suggested don't know if it really had it's place, might have been a nice slomo closing shot with a dip to black??? Just my opinion though. If you don't mind me asking, what are you using for your colour grading, I tried magic bullets but for some reason could not get it to work with CS3 and Aspect HD, so looking for some alternatives. Again - Well done!! Cheers Darren

October 14th, 2008, 04:57 PM	#5
Peter Szilveszter Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Yeppoon, Queensland Posts: 332	Hi Darren Thanks for the checking it out and the comments, I use Avid to edit which has powerful colour correct/grading tool, I sometimes layer my colour but in this one I didn't need to. I would recommend with CS3 to use the 3 colour wheel colour correction tool and layer it so you can control different aspect of the image, magic bullet is good but you can achieve all the same things with the stock tools so give it a try. Otherwise this is an alternative to magic bullet and seems pretty good and very cheap XSpro - Grading Presets - Premiere Pro-XSlimits - Advanced and professional video tools Peter __________________ www.livinglens.com.au \| www.livinglens.com.au/blog

October 15th, 2008, 12:13 AM	#6
Darren Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bli Bli Qld Australia Posts: 93	Thanks for the link Peter A couple of good tutorials on there as well. Man have I got some work to do!!! Look forward to seeing your next clip! Cheers Darren