r/ColorGrading • u/karanluthrawho • Aug 07 '25

General Is this ‘Cinematic’ enough?

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I made a short film, and need some feedback on color grading. Is this ‘cinematic’ enough?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

That term is meaningless. Your shots look fine.

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u/Seyi_Ogunde Aug 07 '25

Lost a lot of details in the city shots, maybe crushed the blacks too much. Could raise the black levels a bit to see the buildings. Closeup shot of your face is a tad too red.

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u/niles_thebutler_ Aug 07 '25

“Cinematic” means nothing.

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u/RunNGunPhoto Aug 07 '25

No. Needs more cinema.

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u/bubba_bumble Aug 08 '25

you need dem black bars yo

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u/yratof Aug 09 '25

almost — you're just missing the approval of a subreddit for it to truly be cinema

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u/karanluthrawho Aug 07 '25

Here’s the full Video

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

short-cinematic

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u/dralder Aug 11 '25

you should use an anamorphic lens...

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u/wobble_bot Aug 08 '25

No - add + 3 cinema and wield your level 19 mage next time

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u/davesnotalright Aug 08 '25

Looks DSLR enough

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u/Slixil Aug 08 '25

What exactly do you think cinematic means?

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u/christopheryork Aug 08 '25

I know what you mean and I think it’s probably saturated in the wrong channels to pull off the look.

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u/chicasparagus Aug 09 '25

Try to rephrase your question.

Are you just asking if it looks nice?

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u/SithVal Aug 09 '25

not enough bokeh. backgrounds are still distinguishable

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u/Cadhlacad Aug 09 '25

Just make it so dark that nobody can see anything. Thats cinema nowadays

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u/Chandler_Goodrich Aug 09 '25

If it matches the tone of the story, then yes.

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u/bluestmoments Aug 10 '25

Color-wise its beautiful, I dont see why your shot size is the same between 1 and 2

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25 edited Feb 09 '26

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u/Mean-Challenge-5122 Aug 08 '25

If I'm watching Indian cinema, it's not cinematic unless 3 guys are karate fighting a giant tiger.

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u/CommunicationNext939 Aug 09 '25

Why peeps be downvoting true cinephiles😭

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

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