How to Create the HOLLYWOOD Look - Cinematography Breakdown

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A long awaited cinematography breakdown. We attempt our version of the softer hollywood look, created with soft lights and practicals. This was a different style of video for us, but it was a new challenge in our approach.
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This is such a good break down to help anyone understand how to make small changes for big results. Love it

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Your content is always super high quality but this breakdown is definitely a stand out. Some of your best cinematography also, killing it man!

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Hey man, love these breakdowns!! Can you please share the ungraded footage (rec. 709) clip for the comparison for the white balance understanding!

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Learned so much from this! I just bought a red Komodo and some Pavo tubes and I’m ready to create some really beautiful images!

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Beautiful work

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[@johnnyweissmuller5838]

I would love to hear also how long it took to get each shot. That gives a bit of a background of how much work was put in to every shot

[@TenfoldProduction]

We shot this over 2 days, 8 hours each. It was pretty dialled in terms of story, but we’ll do a deeper dive in the future.

[@joevargas3023]

I really enjoyed your breakdown. Very informative. I really digged the warm vibe you managed to produce in the girl's bedroom for the early morning scene.. May I ask to what temperature you set the practical light? Looking forward to see more. 🤙🏻

[@TenfoldProduction]

Thanks Joe! They were at 3200K, white balance at around 4400

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Very good content, very helpful! I also loved the color, did you color it? The naturalistic look with this grain, incredible!

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There was a colourist on this project. Appreciate the kind words

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Thank you for these lighting breakdowns they're always educational to me. Suggestion: It would help me a lot if you'd have fish eye BTS footage. so we can see every light and flag in the actual position they are in. Anyone else?

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Hey Tenfold, thank you for the breakdowns and your videos! You had me thinking when you mention going between choosing your white balance in camera. Do you guys use a color checker or white balance card ever on set? I recently bought the colorchecker passport but I haven't used it yet, now wondering if I even need it.

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We’ve never used one or used a white balance card on set. For us, it’s just a matter of practicing and knowing what your end result will look like. We exclusively work off of a rec709 or lut on our images. That way we can make adjustments and know roughly what our end image will look like.

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@@TenfoldProduction Thank you for the insight. Going to download the rec709 lut for my monitor then. Would you advise to bake it in the footage I camera, or just use the look as reference on monitor? I record off of my ninja v. Thank you for the help!

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@@zackbazile2539 always just for viewing. We always record in log for better post.

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[@AdamLangdon]

Did you use any filtration? Also, it is amazing how much schedule can dictate how minimal you can plan for a lighting package.

[@TenfoldProduction]

Hey! I believe we had black satin and Hollywood black magic / pro mist on this. And absolutely, the amount of shots dictated a lot of what we can realistically shoot in a day. All comes down to budget haha

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[@justadudeontheinternet650]

In the first shot breakdown you didn't mention what the color temperature of the bulb in the lamp was. I'm curious if you're matching the 4400k WB or if you pushed that lamp even warmer?

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Pushed warmer closer to 3200k!

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In the last scene where the Girl and Dad were sitting outside, was the Pavotube motivated by a Streetlight or ?

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The sunsetting!

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What lighting tube did you use?

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Nanlite Pavo tubes

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Were you using any filters during the morning begging shots?

[@TenfoldProduction]

If I remember correctly, it was a combination of black satin + hollywood black magic.

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i see it, i hear it, i understand it but when i film everything looks like boring crap... is it me, is it the light, the camera, the grading ... idk i am super stuck :D

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@@TenfoldProduction I can not pin it down that is why i am stuck. what comes out of my footage just seems to look either to flat and boring or too contrasty and too hard shadows. Colorwise i do not have the tonal separation i would like to have. everything looks too sharp and digital but i would love to have a more film like look. idk can i send you link to my work somehow maybe you know what i mean then.

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I enjoyed this breakdown.

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