Скачать или смотреть The Offset Podcast EP040: Look Setting Sessions

In this episode, we’re discussing something we do pretty regularly - look setting with a client.

If you’re not familiar with look setting, it can be a vital part of the grading process. It helps ensure that you and the client are on the same page with the creative choices and the look of a project PRIOR to grading the entire project and potentially going down the wrong path.

Look setting can be an integral part of preproduction - building monitoring LUTs or in camera look files. Or it can happen after production has wrapped but prior to the main grade starting or combination of those approaches

In this episode it’s that second scenario that we’re going to be discussing. We’ll cover developing looks for production in a future episode.

Specific topics discussed in this show include:

What is look setting and while is a vital part of the finishing process?
How look setting is the first part of building client confidence and important to the communication process
When does looking setting happen?
Making the goals of a looking setting session clear to everyone involved
Strategies to avoid going too deep in the grade while also showing off capabilities & possibilities
The importance of reviewing & discussing references
How to pick shots and scenes to work on
Building 3 to 4 looks to share with the client
Leveraging comparative tools
Presenting shot challenges without offending clients
In person, asynchronous and remote streaming look sessions
Moving from a look setting session into the main grade

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See you in about two weeks!

00:00 Start
00:32 Chapter - Intro
03:35 Chapter - What is a look setting session?
10:53 Chapter - When does looking setting happen?
13:43 Chapter - The goals of a looking setting session
19:04 Chapter - Discussing references, prep work, and picking shots & scenes
27:39 Chapter - Building 3 to 4 options for the session
35:18 Chapter - How to best present looks & using comparative tools
39:53 Chapter - In person, asynchronous, and live streaming look session
48:19 Chapter - Exports for post session review and prepping for the actual grade
54:38 Chapter - Wrap up