I have worked with a few videographers on big shoots, but don’t have much experience myself other than little behind the scenes type of videos shot with an iPhone. One thing I noticed is that the initial footage is always super washed out. Then they color correct it, and bam! Awesome footage.
Why do they shoot it that way? It’s obvious to me that there’s a reason— they’re I professionals, and they know what they’re doing— but I have no idea what that reason is!
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Cameras can only “see” a certain range of brightness. Even in the very best cameras, this is much smaller than the range that people can see. Something that is too bright will just appear as white, and something that’s too dark will just appear as black.
To get around this, videographers use something called a “LOG” color profile. This makes the dark parts a little brighter and the bright parts a lot darker, allowing the camera to “see” more but also making their footage look very dull. They can then adjust the footage in their editing software to get the colors just how they want them.
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