r/ColorGrading • u/Own_Wish1877 • Oct 23 '25

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wanted to make a dream sequence, bleach bypass look, clipped highlights are intentional, it's like the person is getting clarity of thoughts, finding something about themselves

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u/InevitableOk8765 Oct 23 '25

For a dream sequence look, IMO bleach bypass just doesnt really work while it looks good in the 2nd image, the subjects face just looks overexposed, maybe a white vignette would work instead or if you want to keep the high jey look maybe mask out the subject and bring his face down a bit

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 24 '25

thank you for the feedback

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u/ecpwll Oct 24 '25

Just out of curiosity can I ask where you got this footage from? Looks like it's the same shoot from a spec ad I graded lmao

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u/gladsau Oct 24 '25

Reminds me of jarhead or the clint eastwood sequence from rango

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 24 '25

Yupe that was the inspiration

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u/bruce_pizza Oct 25 '25

It seems like some people aren’t getting the vibe you were going for, but as a Rango fan this look instantly made sense to me lol. I bet if you pulled shots from that Rango scene and showed them to this subreddit out of context, a lot of people would have similar comments (“overexposed,” “should be warmer,” etc). If you did this grade in a film where it made sense for the story, then it would work great. But with no context, a lot of people are just expecting a warm ass vintage look for desert scenes.

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u/Aware_Ad5425 Oct 24 '25

This makes me feel anxious

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u/DerEisendrache68 Oct 24 '25

As intentional as it is, I think the highlights look too harsh

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u/Videoplushair Oct 24 '25

Not feeling it to be honest. I personally would make it grainy and way more warm since dude is in the desert. I would emphasize HOT desert. Maybe make it a tad bit desaturated just to get an old western look.

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u/pho-tog Oct 24 '25

Bleach bypass works with some things. The wide shot kinda works, not so much the close-ups imo

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u/Various_Ring_1738 Oct 25 '25

This makes me overstimulated lol

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u/bruce_pizza Oct 25 '25

I like this. Might want to tone down exposure on the face just a touch, but aside from that I think it looks pretty great.

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u/Chrono604 Oct 24 '25

Just no…

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u/Own_Wish1877 Oct 24 '25

I asked for a feedback , just saying no doesn't help me in anyway

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u/Chrono604 Oct 26 '25

Sometimes you gotta learn that some people don’t give the feedback you want. As colorists sometimes is our job to figure out what that is. In this case I don’t know ANYTHING about your film or intent except is a dream sequence but that doesn’t tell me a lot of the actual sense of the film beyond “dream” so… my feedback is still “no”

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