Teal and Orange
One of the most common cinematic color grades is the “teal and orange” that you’ll find in many blockbusters. Because these colors are opposites, they look good together and contrast
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Monochromes
Monochromes are built around tones, working with saturation to create very striking images with dominant primary colors. Cinematographers use these dominant colors to convey key messages, as already discussed with
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Bleach Bypass
In direct contrast to monochromes, the bleach bypass color grade is very desaturated. It’s often used to reflect desperate, hopeless worlds and stories.
Black and White
There was a time when Hollywood had no choice. Every film was black and white. Then came color and seemingly, nobody ever looked back. However, in recent years black and
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Underexposed footage
Shooting slightly underexposed is always going to help. You can always increase the exposure of this footage, but an overexposed image with blown-out highlights is irretrievable.
Noise correction
Unwanted noise can be cleaned up with various post-production software but it’s best to avoid it by shooting in good lighting at a lower ISO. Unless, of course, you’re purposefully
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