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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Lots of correct answers here, but let me try a true ELI5.
You shoot as neutral as possible, to retain the most information possible, to color it how you want after the fact.
It also makes it easier to give longer films a coherent color space, with footage shot in a variety of locations and lighting conditions
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