I also did not ask my test audience to look for problems in contrast. I asked them what they thought of the overall look, and if their are any problems. I did not hint at contrast specifically, they brought it up.
Now to answer the question what is contrast. By contrast I mean the setting in the camera. It was set to zero for the whole shoot. The reason why I kept it at zero the whole time, is so the whole movie would have the same look. I asked him to brighten the contrast on the WHOLE thing, after me made it too dark, in the first draft. He did not do that. He decided to make some shots bright, and keep some shots dark, and mix it all up. I asked him for the WHOLE thing to have the same matching look, and he mixed it up. I asked him to make the WHOLE thing match, and not give me half and half.
I did not ask for that. If he would have given the same look to the WHOLE thing like I asked for, then I would have felt he had given me what I asked for. I asked the colorist to match the shots, in the look he gives it, not mismatch them. However, I will add the colorists name to the credits like I agreed to, and just use my own grade, cause the same viewers said my own is better, and the look matches without changing so much.
Now to answer the question what is contrast. By contrast I mean the setting in the camera. It was set to zero for the whole shoot. The reason why I kept it at zero the whole time, is so the whole movie would have the same look. I asked him to brighten the contrast on the WHOLE thing, after me made it too dark, in the first draft. He did not do that. He decided to make some shots bright, and keep some shots dark, and mix it all up. I asked him for the WHOLE thing to have the same matching look, and he mixed it up. I asked him to make the WHOLE thing match, and not give me half and half.
I did not ask for that. If he would have given the same look to the WHOLE thing like I asked for, then I would have felt he had given me what I asked for. I asked the colorist to match the shots, in the look he gives it, not mismatch them. However, I will add the colorists name to the credits like I agreed to, and just use my own grade, cause the same viewers said my own is better, and the look matches without changing so much.
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