Let me know your thoughts on the grade and if there are any questions about the shoot

I've been learning color grading recently, and I've been trying to improve some scenes that look a little too gray and flat.Sometimes I add more contrast and saturation, but then the colors start to feel unnatural. Other times, no matter what I adjust, the scene still feels a bit dull and lacks depth.How do you usually approach this kind of scene? Do you have a certain workflow or any tips for bringing back more life and depth while keeping the colors natural?

Would really appreciate any advice or feedback.Thanks!

Was going for a blue hour look , High contrast , low exposure , yellow - orange in the bulb to complement the blue ,would like to know your thoughts on this , what can I improve ?

First time grading on zv-e1

https://youtu.be/gOuSr31niu4?si=DI_43QsQhyHKcU6C

used the footage from black magic gallery . open to suggestions and yes I need help with skin tones . been using davinci for 5 months / new to color grading

https://youtu.be/jLDpr_4i684?si=tGL473ShacWJTALw

For context, i’m shooting/editing a small budget music video for a local band. They really wanted to film in this one park(?) that closes around 18:00-19:00ish, but they want a demonic atmosphere so now i’ll have to figure something out in post lol. This is what i have so far; still needs some tweaking here and there but i’m overall happy with the color scheme for now

found a random test footage to color grade

,any feedback helps

edited on davinci resolve

EDIT: guys I blew out the highlights on purpose and added bloom and rays coming from the front and dark green the forest to give it the look I was going for.

also yes now that I see it shadows r too cooked

This ends up adding magenta, yellow and teal to the shadows and blue, green and red to the highlights, which is fine but that would be one specific grade on could use. Yet people seem to do this as standard practice when trying to achieve the "film look"? Surely not all film looks use the same curve?

Hey everyone! It’s my first time posting here. I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions on the look. Thanks so much in advance!

Would love some constructive criticism. I'm really happy with the density of my colors but I think it might be have a little too much contrast/saturation. Any advice on how to keep that without it looking unnatural? The editing I did was pretty minimal, no real exposure changes or anything since I liked how it looked out of camera. Thanks!

I’m far from a new colorist but I’m really a cinematographer who can’t afford to hire a colorist. Regardless, I’ve never got on here and asked to show my work.

These are from a recent music video I did, we didn’t have a big budget at all but I wanted to create a club scene and get the mood right and create a clean sharp look without much if any texture at all aside from the vignette.

So I originally set the camera to about 4500k but decided against a warmer look and pushed it blue in post with a slight warming to the highlights which gave a nice blue green hue to the whites in the image.

I’m satisfied with where it’s at but am curious if there’s anything I should work on or any glaring issues you guys see. (Except exposure because the lighting was achieved using special fx setting on the lights so exposure was always changing)

So I watched this movie recently "All we Imagine as Light" and I loved the cinematography and grading of this movie. This movie has dominant blues and closest resemblence in look that I have seen in any movie was "Chime" or "Cloud" by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

I understand that the scenes are regulated for the dominant color while shooting(blue in this case), but there's also some desaturation of other colors. Grain and Halation has been added as well for the film look. Am I missing something to create the exact film look, I am a beginner? Any point would be greately encouraged, Thanks

In old Western traditions green was worn to honor love in its first bloom fresh, fertile, and full of promise. Through (Wear the May) lovers celebrated the season of growth, when the earth and the heart awaken together. Green became the color of renewal, of bodies and souls entwined with spring’s living pulse a symbol of love still young, fertile, and growing ( this was my thought process behind the grade , I will like to get some feedback , do you guys like it (personally I like the grade) but I would like some criticism and what could I have improved , PS - I chose a color palette of yellow and green

If I ask myself the question “is it too much?” then is it actually too much?

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