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ColorCamp 101 Curriculum
Demystifying Color for the Content Creator from Theory to Practice
Workshop Overview in Four Sections
- Color theory
- Exploring what can be done with traditional tools of the cinematographer
- How color and looks are manipulated on set with a DIT and the pipeline from set to post
- How final color is achieved in post
Curriculum Overview
DAY 1
Color Theory
The characteristics of light and color
The eye and color perception
Additive and Subtractive Color mixing
Color Contrast Effects
The importance of lighting, set design and costuming
Creating contrast in color within the frame and through successive scenes
Creating overall color casts or tints
Exploring Film/TV examples
What is possible or where an effect is best created
Color Harmony- color schemes
Using color to suggest time of day, emotion, exploring cultural and gender differences with color associations
Measuring and describing color
Intro to color spaces
Color temperature
Color meters and reading color on set
DAY 2
The effects of lighting, exposure, filters, and gels on color rendition and exploring some different film/tv looks
Monochromatic look vs multi-chromatic looks
Where are they best created: on set, in post, or both
On Set Color Management
The Role of the D.I.T. (Digital Imaging Technician
Discussion of RAW vs. Baked in looks
Tools of the D.I.T.
Monitors and tools for monitor calibration
LUT’s
“Painting” controls
The Vectorscope
Working with the cinematographer and developing post production strategies
ASC CDL System
Creating looks
More on monitoring technologies for set and post production
An Exploration of Digital formats
Color spaces (RGB and Y’CbCR)
Bit depth
Exploration of originating or mastering to different formats (SD, HD and beyond)
An introduction to compression and what happens when formats get converted from one to another
An introduction to “post” formats for working at a high resolution digitally
DAY 3
Grading/Color Correction
Fixing problems
Scene to scene corrections
Creating final looks
An overview of the available tools from DaVinci to Apple’s Color
Primary and Secondary color correction
The goals of each process
How to create different looks using Apple’s Color
*Dates
and locations subject to change.
** Instructors
subject to change due to their schedule |
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