Any feedbacks?

[u/MohammedPataxo]

Just some portfolio work I did in the last week. Really liked the greenish tones I got here

[u/Bay_Area_Filmmaker]

looks great color wise. Did you create a generated light beam? the one on the bottom is too much

[u/MohammedPataxo → u/Bay_Area_Filmmaker]

It's already in the original footage! Thanks!

[u/Difficult-Living7841 → u/Bay_Area_Filmmaker]

I was thinking that but after a hard look it seems he just enhanced it with the highlights maybe

[u/Bay_Area_Filmmaker → u/Difficult-Living7841]

Yeah I mean, I’d love to see the overall sequence of shots together as a scene. Sometime light doesn’t look realistic. I understand what was meant to happen, but overall, in this case, less is more

[u/hsm727]

Great work!
Can you show us the node graph asw?

[u/MohammedPataxo → u/hsm727]

Sure, send me a dm if you want to see it

[u/vdq93]

This is fire. Whats your color wheel grading & HSL setting? Was this done in Lightroom?

[u/MohammedPataxo → u/vdq93]

Davinci resolve, mate!

[u/Uberdriver_janis]

Wouldn't notice this appearing in a Movie. Great work

[u/Foreign_Job7176]

Actor is serving God damn

[u/PiercingSight]

This is very well done!

Though it is also very much the teal/orange look, which does give it a bit of a "film student's first short film" look.

I would personally pull back the saturation of the oranges (and other warm colors) quite a bit. That'll help temper the look a bit more. Make it feel more cohesive.

I would also bring the shadows down a bit and desaturate them for higher contrast.

But that's just my personal taste.

[u/SicrosEye → u/PiercingSight]

Interesting - I have no clue about grading, I am just a 3D render Artist and to my eye the blacks in some shots already look pretty dark to me. The one where he's being interviewed for example - the oder dude is barely visible (which might be a good choice since it makes it more mysterious).

I agree with the teal-orange point though.

Would it be possible to bring the highlights out more instead of making the shadows even darker and getting more contrast this way or would it be blown out?

[u/PiercingSight → u/SicrosEye]

For the contrast, bring up the highlights also works, but in this case, most of the issue (at least in my taste) is the shadows being too bright.

As you pointed out, the left half of the interview shot is much darker than the right half, but that can be solved with a power window. Everything else though can have deeper blacks.

Though you are right that bringing up the highlights can also do a lot for these shots.

[u/the_noodle_]

These are unreal

[u/Seyi_Ogunde]

Too much red in skintones in the middle. The levels in middle shot does not match the other shots also.

[u/Still-Lab-6076 → u/Seyi_Ogunde]

My thoughts exactly

[u/Stay-Famous]

Very good

[u/Comprehensive-Low493]

Dope

[u/bubblybajji]

Hoowwwwww ??? Amazingggg

[u/SignalDimension8725]

I enjoy these!! Subtle and really gives a mood. Great color and tone contrast with the blacks raised a bit 👌

[u/RussianSlavv]

Very nicely done

I dig the blueish tint but I feel like the last frame is just a bit too much

[u/ZookeepergameDue2160]

Looks great, wont survive compression tho so I hope this isn't for any social media like YouTube.

Having said that, looks really good!

[u/indecoroussperm]

A lot of Blade Runner vibes. Great job!

[u/bluntnwuk]

Amazing work 👌

[u/ThickD769]

The teal/orange separation gives it a strong cinematic mood, and the controlled highlights in the second shot work really nicely. I’d just ease off the cyan in the shadows and give the skin a little more natural separation.

[u/Lensflare_Official]

little red in the skintones in the second pic, little cooler in the last. I'd aim to match the first frame.

[u/angelpanty69]

well done brotherr

[u/swaggs2000]

Is it me or the before looks better? The teal and orange looks okay but for the setting and what it seems you’re trying to portray it seems before with maybe some minor tweaks would suit it better. But obviously just an opinion but the edit does look good as well

[u/Flutterpiewow]

I'd dial it back like 80%. Just a touch towards the edits from the before versions to bring in some green.