I have been having issues with S Log 2 breaking up a bit when grading low light clips, so I started experimenting with HLG and picture profiles. In the process, I stumbled upon this S Cinetone-esque profile someone had come up with(sorry to whoever posted it originally, I can't find the link any more), and I did a couple little tweaks, and it really looks freaking great with almost no edits!

I dropped the gain a bit, but basically nothing else!

Here it is-

Black Level: -10

Gamma: Cine4

Black Gamma: Range Wide, Level -2

Knee: Mode Manual, 100%, Slope 0

Colour Mode: Pro

Saturation -1

Color Phase: 0

Colour Depth: R: +3 G; +1 B: -1 C: -1 M: -1 Y: +1

Detail: Level -7

Shot on a Sony A7iii, using a Sirui 35mm Anamorphic(apsc) in Super 35 Mode. Iso 200. 24fps, 100p.

Edited on Davinci Resolve.

Let me know what you think!

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The title is pretty self explanatory. Tomorrow I am gonna shoot my first short film(Self Employed) by myself, in my house.

I am going to try and get creative and use some camera movement by using weights on my slider, and string on my tripod, and any other Rube Goldberg contraptions I can to make this look as Hashtag "Cinematic" as I can.

I don't have an effective B cam at the moment, so I will be shooting bts stuff with my iphone, and after its all said and done, I plan on releasing a little series on how I pull everything together.

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A quick little test clip.

Practical lights as well as a NEEWER 60w Cob bounced off the wall behind the camera.

I used the S- Cinetone Style Picture Profile I broke down in my previous video, and did a light grade on the footage.

Shot on a Sony a7III in Super 35 Mode, using a Sirui 35mm APSC anamorphic lens.

I think it looks pretty great. What do you think?

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