INDIA - My first Culture Shock (8K Cinematic Travel Doc | Shot on Sony Burano)

Varanasi, the toughest place I've ever been ....

This is one of my most personal films and also a kind of self-therapy from a trip that kept me busy for a long time. It was my first time being an actor in one of my short films and my first time doing the voice-over on my own.

The whole trip was a huge step out of my comfort zone. I expected that exploring India, especially Varanasi, would be tough, but I didn’t think it would be so overwhelming. It took me more than a month to recover my mental spirit from this journey. Varanasi left a dark shadow and made me very thoughtful for a long time. Editing this movie was a kind of self-therapy to process all the images I saw during my fully packed 2-week trip through India.

I filmed everything with the brand-new Sony Burano Cinema camera in X-OCN LT (compressed RAW) in 8.6K, with 24 in 16-bit.

COLOR GRADING:
If you like the teal and orange look of this film, I created some LUTs:
https://bit.ly/4cEqkJf
They work pretty well with the FX3 or other LOG footage.

Crew:
DoP & Editing: Dennis Schmelz
Sound Design: Friedhelm Mund
Co-Author: Claudina Hoff ter Heide

Learn more about the Deccan Odyssey:
https://bit.ly/4bKFTO4

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Editing & color correction in Adobe Premiere with my own LUTs:

📼 LUTs & Presets
"India" S-Log 3 Teal & Orange LUTs: https://bit.ly/4cEqkJf
“Galungan” S-Log3 LUT Package: https://bit.ly/3F8bsn3
“Prejudice” S-Log3 LUTs: https://bit.ly/3Fleg0B
“Transsiberian Dream” LUT Package: https://bit.ly/3LKCqFl
Lightroom Presets: https://bit.ly/3QiPnsC

For my YouTube videos I use music from Artlist: https://bit.ly/3puFRmt.

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It is not allowed to use this material without a license - not even for non-commercial purposes.

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00:00 My India Film
07:45 The Making Of

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